Qingchen moved from the East China Sea and directly passed through the waves of beasts and corpses all over the field to Ci'an City. en8.
At this time, the Lutian Holy Altar in the sky has lowered, and its soft white light is like the last star in the dark night. Qingchen stared at this holy and flawless brilliance, and his thoughts were quite complicated.
Compared with demonic ways and monster ways, the birth of humanity is shorter, its rise is astonishingly fast, and it is also astonishingly false.
The human race relied on the witchcraft at first, and they enjoyed the prosperity brought by a handful of great witches at the expense of humanity and emotions with peace of mind, but they never thought that all this would be taken back by the law of heaven in the blink of an eye. After the disappearance of witchcraft, the human race entered a long period of depression. Their belief in witches began to transform into belief in gods and demons, and countless tribes became vassals of gods and demons.
Humans always need to worship something to strengthen their belief in living. This has not changed yet. The only difference is that they worshiped the witches when the witches were on the rise, and they worshiped the gods and demons when the gods and demons were prosperous. But when these beliefs came to nothing, they began to worship themselves.
So in the last hundred thousand years, the real "humanity" has emerged, an orthodoxy that exists purely for the rise of the human race. Its rise is so fast that the ancient orthodoxies find it difficult to accept it, so it often becomes the target of public criticism in orthodox disputes. At the same time, the human race is more complicated than ordinary practitioners, and their attention can easily be taken away by more glamorous things, such as money, power, and sex, which makes it difficult for Dao to gain a foothold in the mortal world.
All practitioners of the Immortal Way can see the unity of heaven and man, and the natural way of the Tao. All practitioners of the Buddhist Way can see kindness, compassion, and no desire or desire. However, there are only a few people who can practice the "great benevolence and holy virtue" in humanity, and even such characteristics as "keeping track of the principles and latitude and longitude, and ruling the world" can only be seen in saints. However, due to the large number and wide distribution of humane practitioners, this fatal flaw is covered up by the apparent prosperity.
The Temple of Heaven opened up all inheritances during the war, almost reaching the point where all people can practice it. However, this cannot save the decline of humanity.
There are only human and demon ways in the world based on race. The demon race is a powerful creature that has existed since ancient times. They are more powerful than the fragile human race, not to mention the cruel survival of the fittest and blood inheritance in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. There should be a threshold for such things as cultivating Taoism. If you think about it carefully, a Taoist tradition that does not select for this is just a humane thing.
So other orthodox saints say that humanity is weak, so Jingli will say that humanity is in decline.
Qingchen walked through the mist and stepped into his small yard in the northwest corner. There was a little moisture on his body, and a tired look appeared on his face. Candles were lit in the room, but they could not illuminate the haze in his heart. Now that the Lutian Holy Altar has been lowered safely, it is no longer as heavily guarded as it was a few days ago. It seems that the saint has resolved the crisis caused by demons and ghosts. This means that he has to restrain his sharpness and hang out with the old files from Jingtian Palace and Yantian Palace all day long.
It's not time yet, he has to wait.
He has waited too long from the time the Earth Fire Sect was exterminated to now, and he doesn't care to wait for a few more years. en8.
Qingchen closed his eyes and then opened them again. There was no trace of confusion or distress in his eyes. He sat down in front of the desk and continued to sort out the endless books.
At this time, the Lutian Holy Altar was not as peaceful as Qingchen imagined. Taiqing, who had just killed the ghost saint, was still confronting Gongsun Yanhua.
Jingli stood up during their silent fight, rearranged the stone mirror next to him, and lit three incense sticks again and placed them in the incense burner. He sat in front of the case, poured tea and watched, not even the slightest bit nervous.
After a while, Gongsun Yanhua seemed to be in trouble. She stopped, covering her mouth and coughing lightly.
Taiqing glanced at the stone mirror distractedly, and then sneered at Gongsun Yanhua: "You pretend to be real, why didn't you cough when you used your ancient true body to crush Mang Yi's soul?"
Gongsun Yanhua just smiled softly and did not refute. She said to Jingli: "Fellow Taoist, please let my horse in. It's really uncomfortable to stand like this."
These words were obviously directed at Taiqing, but Jingli didn't say anything more. After a while, he saw the white bull waving its wings and landing next to Gongsun Yanhua. It lay prone at the feet of Gongsun Yanhua, and slowly stood up after she sat firmly on its back. Gongsun Yanhua coughed again: "Ahem... I made fellow Taoist laugh."
Jingli lowered his head and didn't answer. Taiqing Guangxiu fluttered: "How long do you want to stay here?"
Gongsun Yanhua asked back: "How long will Taiqing stay here?"
"After you leave, I will return to Tongtian Divine Vein." Taiqing made no secret of his purpose. He stayed here just to prevent Gongsun Yanhua from attacking humanity.
Gongsun Yanhua knew from the beginning that he could not leave humanity alone. If she attacked and killed Jingli alone, she would most likely face the two saints of immortality directly. So she roped in Mang Yi, and although Mang Yi knew that Taiqing and Jingli had a master-disciple relationship, he never thought that Taishangdao would care about it. And even if Taiqing comes, it is not impossible for him and Gongsun Yanhua to face Taiqing and Jingli.
It’s just that Mang Yi didn’t know that Gongsun Yanhua’s original goal was not Jingli, but him who was seduced by the Human Dao Fruit.
Taiqing knew what Gongsun Yanhua meant as soon as she saw her taking action against Shi Jing. If she wanted to kill Jingli, Gongsun Yanhua didn't have to take the initiative to provoke him, and he could just do it with Mang Yi. Later, Mang Yi saw that the situation was not good and wanted to withdraw. The two of them used their strength to trap him in the void turbulence almost at the same time. Then Gongsun Nanhua trapped him with his own body, and Taiqing killed him with the righteous method of heaven and earth.
Although the final result was the demise of the ghost realm, it is definitely impossible to say that Gongsun Yanhua has no interest in the human realm.
Taiqing stays here just to let her go.
Seeing Taiqing's rude words, Gongsun Yanhua's face remained soft and gentle. She said: "Taiqing took the initiative this time. It can be said that he no longer stands in the mirror of inaction and no harm. If he has this strength to manage humanity, he might as well Think more about the aftermath of immortality."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere on the Lutian Holy Altar became stagnant. Taiqing looked indifferent and said: "Don't worry about me, you were still asleep at Shiwandashan when I killed the last saint of humanity. .”
For a saint of the Supreme Way, doing nothing means no harm. As long as he does not take action, he will never be defeated.
However, Taiqing has rarely used the Supreme Realm to secure victory. The saints he has fought against in his life are far more than just Gongsun Yanhua and Mang Yi. Not to mention, his actions of directly killing the previous generation of humane saints thousands of years ago were enough to intimidate the world's orthodoxy. At the level of a saint, it is actually difficult to estimate the strength, but Taiqing's huge threat makes all saints have to avoid its edge.
Gongsun Yanhua still couldn't stop coughing. She was almost half lying on the back of the white cow, unable to even straighten up. Every time she answered something that was too clear, she would take a moment to slow down, as if she would die if she spoke a few more words.
She said: "According to what Taiqing said, when I traveled between heaven and earth, you were still a ball of turbid air, formless and inanimate."
Gongsun Yanhua looks weak and can be bullied, but in fact, when he speaks, his aura is not half inferior to that of Tai Qing, and the natural scornful aura of the ancient demon clan is even worse than the latter's. Even the gods and demons were not completely dead before Gongsun Nanhua fell asleep. When she was sleeping in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the world's orthodoxy had changed from generation to generation. Almost none of the current saints had ever seen her take action.
Before Taiqing could say anything, she had already taken over the topic again: "Okay, this time the monster clan will withdraw to Shiwanda Mountain for the time being, and Taiqing Taoist friends don't have to worry. It's just that you Taoist friends need to know that you can't protect the demons and ghosts for a while. After the Tao, there are demonic ways and divine ways, so it’s better to end this cause and effect early.”
"It's not your fault." Taiqing replied lukewarmly.
The white bull flapped its wings and flashed a bright light in the black sky. The monsters followed the light and retreated towards Shiwan Mountain like a tide.
Only Taiqing and Jingli were left on the altar. Taiqing watched Gongsun Yanhua disappear into the sky, turned around and walked towards the mirror. From beginning to end, he never said a word to Jingli, nor even looked at him.
Jingli suddenly said before he stepped into the mirror: "Taiqing... Fellow Taoist."
It's true that a saint should be worthy of his peers, but Jingli's expression didn't look good as soon as he said these words.
"What's the matter?"
Jingli was silent.
Taiqing turned around and slapped a hand on the case in front of him, tea splashing: "This is the last time. I will take back the magic mirror. You'd better not touch the witchcraft again."
"Tai Qing said this a hundred years ago." Jingli replied calmly, "And the mirror you left behind a hundred years ago."
Taiqing was so angry that he laughed and said: "You can calculate it clearly!"
"I dare not forget Taiqing's kindness." Jingli lowered his eyes, his white hair falling down to cover his expression.
Taiqing said indifferently: "Let's not talk about the kindness. Please don't burn incense in the divine veins of Tongtian in the future. And what I just said about the witchcraft, did you hear it?"
"As fellow Taoists said, there are countless Taoist traditions in the world. Which one I choose to follow is my own business."
What a stupid head.
Jingli has never backed down at all in this matter. He was like this before he left the Shenyin Sect, and he has not changed at all since he arrived at the human realm. Taiqing's previous treatment of Gongsun Yanhua was obviously perfunctory, but Jingli said this very seriously, pouring his life's passion into every word and every sentence - just like when he was young and seeking enlightenment at the Shenyin Sect.
It was not unreasonable for Jingli to attain Taoism after a hundred years. Taiqing had never seen any disciple after him with such an almost fanatical desire to seek Taoism.
"It's up to you." Taiqing was silent for a while, but in the end he was speechless and could only leave this sentence lightly. If he could really change his Taoist mentality after discussing Taoism for three days, then Taiqing wouldn't have to go to great lengths to kill the saint and seize the Taoist fruit to drive him to the human realm.
He didn't want to have too much involvement with humanity. Now the war was becoming more and more chaotic. Mang Yi's death really started the battle between saints. The current situation of the Immortal Path is not optimistic. There are only a handful of direct descendants left in this generation. Among these few people, they are all unreliable like Qing Xuzi and Dong Xuanzi. Therefore, Taiqing himself cannot make any mistakes. As long as he makes a mistake, the result will be like Mang Yi, who returns the Tao to heaven and loses the integrity of the Tao.
Taiqing walked towards the mirror and was about to step into the Heavenly Divine Vein, but at this time Jingli actually stopped him again.
"etc… "
Taiqing turned around unbearably: "You have..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
Because he saw Jingli stand up, then kneel down in front of him and touch his forehead to the ground.
"What I have learned throughout my life is what my master has taught me..."
Kowtow once.
"My wealth and life are also given by Master..."
Kowtow twice.
"Now I will return everything to Master. I only ask you to promise me one thing..."
Kowtow three times.
The ceremony is completed.
"If this disciple dies, please ask Master to protect my human race from extinction."