Ci'an City, Guoshifu. en8.
On the altar, there was a person sitting quietly. This man has white clothes and white hair, an indifferent expression, and his eyes are peaceful and profound, like a clear spring water, which is incompatible with the chaos of war in the south.
No one could have imagined that it was this man who did not eat the fireworks of the world who started the orthodox war in the Holy Land with an edict two years ago.
A white-haired young man wearing a moon-white Taoist robe slowly walked up from the altar, stopped in front of the Imperial Master, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Xiaozi..."
The person sitting quietly raised his eyes and interrupted naturally: "Jingli, now called Jingli."
"Master has something you want me to bring to you." The person who came was none other than Qing Xuzi of the Shenyin Sect.
"I would like to hear the details." The Imperial Master raised his hand, and a small case suddenly appeared between the two of them. Hot tea was boiling on the table, and the faint fragrance and the smell of gunpowder smoke were mixed together. The reticence of immortals and the fighting in the world were also mixed together.
Qing Xuzi sat down opposite him, looked at him, and cleared his throat.
"Master said..." Qing Xuzi paused and imitated his master's tone and said, "Mang Yi deceived you because you are a generation younger than him and cannot see through the boundaries of Jiu Ming City, so I will help you with the blue bird message. , I don’t want you to lose the first battle anyway, you can’t teach a child!”
"..." The Imperial Master was silent and looked indifferent, "What else is there?"
Qing Xuzi said expressionlessly: "He also said that humanity cannot be prosperous."
"I know what he sent you to do. You go ahead." The Imperial Master nodded, then picked up a cup of tea and took a sip.
"Why do you need to be obsessed?" Qingxuzi did not move, but also held up a cup of tea and waited for it to cool down. "Since humanity can't be prosperous, why should the saint be obsessed with it?"
The Imperial Master sighed, knowing in his heart that Qing Xuzi was going to argue with him.
"The human path, the demon path, the ghost path, the immortal path, the demonic path... There are three thousand avenues in the world, why can't the human path alone work? Just rely on the words of the one with the divine veins that reach the sky?" The national master held the cup, and the tea was extremely calm, and no ripples could be seen. .
"When the Great Dao is abolished, benevolence and righteousness emerge. Humanity cultivates the holy virtue of benevolence. If you want to use this to regain the Dao... With all due respect, you can't achieve anything by reversing cause and effect."
The Imperial Master said calmly: "The great road you mentioned is the great road of immortality, and it is naturally separated from human desires. However, if we, as human beings, become a gentleman and a saint, and understand the principles of heaven and earth, why not? If we have different ways, we will not be able to conspire with each other. , if you use the immortal way to refute the human way, then it would be better to let the Shenyin Sect dominate the world's holy lands."
"It is not the way of immortality that refutes the way of humanity. Sir, the human spirit is nothing but the transformation of the two qi of yin and yang. The two qi of yin and yang begin with the gathering and end with the dispersion. "Ya*wen*yan*情*First*Fa'** If it is complete, the Qi will be gathered and the spirit will exist; if the Qingxu is destroyed, the Qi will be dispersed and the spirit will be destroyed. Therefore, the human body will not last long, and the benevolent saintly virtue will not be able to withstand the vicissitudes of life. Your Excellency, please think twice." Qing Xuzi is well-founded and sincere in his words. Seeking the Great Way and seeking immortality is nothing more than the word "immortality". It is impossible to achieve immortality by cultivating the human way. This is what he wants to explain to the Imperial Master.
The Imperial Master took another sip of tea, looked at the beacon smoke in the south, and said: "You said that when Qi gathers, you will become a human being. You may or may not be right. The clear and clear Qi floats and becomes the sky; the turbid and stagnant Qi makes people confused. Qi accumulates to become the earth; peaceful and supple Qi combines to form human relations. In the journey of the great road, Zhongzheng and peace are the first, and as a person who is composed of peaceful and supple Qi, he is favored by nature and is blessed with beauty. Although the human body is rare Immortal, but in this short life, there is a greater hope of seeking the great path and transcending the human body.”
"In my opinion, although humans are the spirits of heaven and earth, their journey of cultivating the Tao is not much different from that of other races. Among them, the cultivation of human beings is more rugged. You have just admitted that humans are made of Qi, and it should be noted that Qi has no quality. , formed by condensation, the form is ruthless, and it uses and loses its nature. When it is formed and its nature moves, it goes far away, so it is drowned in life and death, moved between yin and yang, and cannot maintain itself." Qingxuzi said by "Human beings are formed by gathering Qi." This argument is against General Yijun.
What the National Master means is that human beings are born from the peaceful and gentle energy of heaven and earth, and have unique advantages in cultivating the Tao. There is no such thing as being unable to achieve the Tao. However, Qingxuzi said that it is unnatural to force the unintentional and heartless energy of heaven and earth to condense into a person with heart and feelings. When Qi gathers and becomes a human being, when a person practices the human way, he will have a heart and feelings. However, once the word "emotion" is in his heart, he will be addicted to the sea of life and death and cannot control himself. This is contrary to the great way of heaven and earth.
To put it bluntly, while Qing Xuzi stepped on the way of humanity, he also wanted to promote the way of being too high.
"You can't achieve Tao if you have feelings? You must also know the origin of Qi. Before Tai Su, it cannot be an image. When Pang Hong becomes Tao Qian, the heaven and earth will be divided into two categories: internal and external, yin and yang, movement and stillness, and the common people will be cultivated, which is the truth of Tao. "At this time, the national master began to suppress Qing Xuzi with the realm of a saint, and the way he discussed became more and more difficult. He compared "Tao," the ultimate source of all things, to the branches of a plant, and all things in the world derived from Tao to "fruits." Tao actually grew and multiplied over a long period of time, and existed long before anything was created. the order of its reproduction.
"So...?" Qing Xuzi asked with a frown, separated from the Imperial Master by thousands of mountains and rivers.
"Before the Dao came into being, the Dao of Heaven had already formed an order. When everything came into being and the heaven and earth were first created, they all operated according to this order. And those who embody this order are the "essence of man", the saint. The saint comes to the world. , regulate the longitude and latitude of the world, and rule the world. Do you think that human nature is to indulge in various temperaments and walk in the world of mortals? No!"
"When you follow the path of heaven, you must use the spiritual track! Political gains and losses, military conquests, and seven emotions and six desires in the human world are just small paths. The significance of the saint's existence is to grasp the connotation of the heavenly path and delve into its operating rules. Dominance, this is the way of man. .I am a human saint, as long as I never fall, as long as I am still on this altar, then humanity will flourish!"
Before the birth of the saint, humanity was indeed incomparable with any other orthodoxy.
But Jingli was born. As he said himself, as a saint he could "keep in mind the principles and latitudes, and rule the world." In this way, it seemed unstoppable for him to lead humanity towards great prosperity.
Qing Xuzi was silent in thought for a long time. He drank the completely cold tea in his hand and said in a deep voice: "I have learned the lesson."
The Imperial Master nodded, waved his hand and removed the coffee table, closed his eyes again and meditated, and said no more.
The human sect is facing pressure from all other sects. Unlike other Taoist traditions where countless cultivators share this pressure, Humanity, which seems to be the most united, actually has only one saint struggling to support it.
The Imperial Master said that as long as he does not fall, humanity will flourish. But there is one thing he did not say, that is, if he falls, where will humanity go
The fight between black and white is always unclear until the end.
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At this moment, on the Great Movement Formation, Zhu Wuxia and Yun Qing were also drinking tea and discussing Taoism.
Zhu Wuxia used his Great Freedom Heaven to cover up this small world, and sat cross-legged in front of Yun Qing, cooking good tea between the two of them.
"Actually, I've been wondering why you kept her by your side for a long time. I just realized that it was because of the art of giving up life." Zhu Wuxia smiled, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Have you been following me?" Yun Qing didn't call her "Sister Yu" this time. It was time for the two of them to clarify some things.
"I followed you from Ci'an City, and it was quite boring along the way. I came to Hanlai City with you recently, and simply competed with the city lord to relieve my boredom." Zhu Wuxia put Zheng Zhenzhen's body aside and pressed his hand on the cold ashes. On the sheath, it seems to be ready to go.
"Oh." Yun Qing nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Most people would be unable to speak after hearing such a word, but Zhu Wuxia's expression remained unchanged: "... When you were in Ci'an City, you took her with you because she carried the inheritance of the Yellow Emperor, but later she was hunted down by Lu Tiantan and took care of herself. If there is no time, how can I take care of her? I felt something was wrong at the time. Later, when you sent Song Liyou away but left her alone, I felt even more wrong. Now that I think about it, everything was as you expected. If it had been that time What she got in the ancient temple was not the secret of giving up her life, she should have been taken away by you long ago."
Yun Qing nodded again, reached out and poured a cup of tea into the square inch cup.
"Don't you feel a little bit guilty in your heart?"
"What is that?" Yun Qing looked up at her, his face calm and peaceful, with no provocation.
Zhu Wuxia sighed, the coldness in his eyes gradually faded: "That's right, you don't understand this."
"I don't understand." Yun Qing drank some tea. There were too many tea leaves and it tasted a bit astringent. "I only know that her value was fully realized when she was alive. It's a pity that the Yellow Emperor's inheritance, I It should have been taken out long ago..."
"That's enough." Zhu Wuxia couldn't listen anymore. She pressed Yun Qing's hand holding the cup and said, "Stop being a bitch."
"Yeah." Yun Qing changed the subject obediently, "Why do you keep following me?"
"It's a long story..." Zhu Wuxia carefully observed her expression, which was natural and showed no sadness.
"To make a long story short." Yun Qing said he understood.
"I have been traveling in the Nanfeng Continent for many years. Not long after I met you outside Xianhua City, there was a message from the elders of the Wuwu Demon Realm. The Wuwu Demon Realm is the world where the nine great demon sects live, and it is far away from here. There are very few disciples in the orthodox Demon Sect, which is similar to that of the Immortal Dao. Therefore, we and the Immortal Dao have special methods to detect the news of the birth of direct disciples. The shadow wall on the divine veins of the Shenyin Sect and the magic map in the Huangquan Temple of the Wuhuan Demon Realm are all It is specially used to check the safety of the direct disciples."
Zhu Wuxia poured himself a cup of tea and continued talking while drinking.
"I don't know much about the shadow wall yet, but the lines on the magic map will grow and spread with the birth of the direct disciples. If there is danger, it will also show the corresponding appearance. Two years ago, the elder came to me and told me that the underworld temple appeared It’s a big deal, there is a direct disciple named Huang Quan on the magic map.”
"Is it me?" Yun Qing asked.
"It's you. The Wuwu Demon Realm said you were a disciple who was living outside. I originally thought it was a direct descendant of our Shattering Heavenly Demon Sect, but I didn't expect to find out that you were from the Six Paths Yama Sect when I met you. At that time, I thought, well, whatever. He is a direct descendant of the Demon Sect, so I will do the inspection myself. This inspection lasted for two full years."
Zhu Wuxia stared at her and said with a smile: "You are very good, your Taoist heart and understanding are impeccable. Now I only need to confirm one thing with you. Are you willing to join my magic door?"
Yun Qing was silent, weighing the pros and cons in her mind.
"Right now, Shiwandashan, Lutiantan, Guiling Temple, and Mianfenglang are all eager to kill you and then hurry up. If you enter my Demonic Sect, then the Demonic Sect will protect your safety and help you practice. You probably don't know about Huangquan. How important is the Taoist name to the entire Demonic Path? Whether it makes sense or not, we will always be on your side..." Zhu Wuxia advised, her voice was very soft, and Yun Qing always thought it sounded very nice.
"What's the downside? What do I need to do for the Demon Sect?" Yun Qing asked directly.
"What I want to do is secondary. If you don't agree, I will naturally get the inheritance for the Demon Sect first..." Zhu Wuxia still smiled, but the hand on Han Hui suddenly tightened.
That's right, if she practices the orthodox path of demons such as the Great Sun Black Celestial Wheel but does not enter the demon sect, then the entire Wuwu Demonic Realm will not let her go.
"Follow me to the Wuwu Demon Realm... Huangquan." Zhu Wuxia stretched out his hand to her.
"Thank you, senior sister." Yun Qing gently held the cold hand, her face as gentle as jade, as if she had been in the same school as Zhu Wuxia for many years.
There are nine orthodox paths of the Demon Sect, all of which are located in the Demonic Realm of Wuwu, which is a holy place that even the demon cultivators in the world cannot touch in their lifetime.