Ci'an City, National Teacher's Mansion.
On the altar, there was a person sitting quietly. This man was dressed in white and had white hair, his expression was indifferent, and his eyes were peaceful and far-reaching, like a pool of clear spring water, which was incompatible with the chaos of war in the south.
No one would have guessed that it was this person who did not eat fireworks in the world, who set off a battle of orthodoxy in the Holy Land with an edict two years ago.
A white-haired young man in a moon-white Taoist robe slowly walked up from under the altar, stopped in front of the national teacher, and said in a deep voice, "Shen Xiaozi..."
The person sitting quietly raised his eyes and interrupted naturally, "Jingli, now it's called Jingli."
"Master has something to bring to you." The person who came was Qing Xuzi from Shenyinmen.
"I would like to hear the details." The national teacher raised his hand, and a small case suddenly appeared between the two of them. On the table, hot tea was cooked, and the faint fragrance was mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
Qingxuzi sat down opposite him, looked at him, and cleared his throat.
"Master said..." Qing Xuzi paused, and imitated his master's tone, "Mang Yi deceived you by being a generation younger than him, and couldn't see through the enchantment of Jiuming City, so I will help you with a blue bird report I don't want you to lose the first battle, you can't teach a child!"
"..." The national teacher was silent, with a calm expression, "What else?"
Qing Xuzi said with no expression on his face: "He also said that human nature can't be happy."
"I know what he sent you here for, you go." The national teacher nodded, then picked up a cup of tea, and took a sip.
"Why be obsessed?" Qing Xuzi didn't get up, but also held up a cup of tea, waiting for it to cool down, "Since the human way can't flourish, why should the sage be obsessed?"
The national teacher sighed, knowing in his heart that Qing Xuzi was going to discuss the Tao with him.
"The way of humanity, the way of demons, the way of ghosts, the way of immortals, the way of demons...there are three thousand ways in the world, why can't human beings alone do it? Just rely on the words of the one on Tongtian Shenmai?" .
"The Dao is abolished, and benevolence and righteousness come out. Humanity cultivates great benevolence and holiness. If you want to use this to regain the Dao... With all due respect, it is impossible to reverse the cause and effect."
The national teacher said indifferently: "The Dao you mentioned is the Dao of Immortal Dao. Naturally, it must be separated from human desires. However, I am a gentleman and a sage, and understand the truth of heaven and earth. Why not? The Dao is different, so there is no conspiracy. , if the way of immortality is used to refute the way of humanity, then it is better to let the Shenyin Sect rule the holy land in the world."
"It's not to refute the way of human beings with the way of immortality. The spirit of a saint is nothing more than the transformation of yin and yang. The two qis of yin and yang start with gathering and end with dispersing. When the body is complete, the qi gathers and the spirit remains; when the body is destroyed, the qi disperses. But the spirit is extinguished. Therefore, the human life will not last long, and the great benevolence and holiness will not be able to withstand the vicissitudes of life. Please think twice, my lord." Qing Xuzi has reason and evidence, and his words are sincere. Seeking the Dao, seeking longevity, what he seeks is nothing more than the word "immortality". It is impossible to obtain immortality by cultivating the human way, and this is what he wants to explain to the national teacher.
The national teacher drank another sip of tea, looked at the beacon smoke in the south, and said: "You say that when the qi gathers, you will become a man. You are right, but you can also say that you are wrong. The clear and clear qi floats to become the sky; the turbid and ignorant Qi accumulates to form the earth; peaceful and soft qi is combined to form a human relationship. In the journey of the great road, Zhongzheng and peace are the first, and as a person formed by the peaceful and soft qi, it is a favorite of Lingxiu and uniquely blessed. Although the human body is rare Immortality, but in this short life, there is a greater hope to seek the Dao and transcend the human body."
"In my opinion, although human beings are the spirits of heaven and earth, their path of cultivation is not much different from that of other races. Among them, the cultivation of human beings is more rugged. You just admitted that human beings are formed by the accumulation of qi. You must know that qi has no quality at all. , Condensed and formed, the form is ruthless, and it is used to lose its nature. It is formed and the nature is moved, and it goes far away, so it is addicted to life and death, moved to yin and yang, and cannot be self-sustaining. This argument is counterintuitive.
The meaning of the national teacher is that human beings are born of the peaceful and gentle spirit of heaven and earth, and have unique advantages in cultivating the Tao, and there is no saying that they cannot obtain the Tao. However, Qing Xuzi said that it is not natural to forcibly condense the heartless and ruthless vitality of heaven and earth into a caring and caring person. When qi gathers to become an adult, when a person practices the human way, he will have a heart and a heart, but once he has the word "love" in his heart, he will indulge in the sea of life and death, unable to hold on to himself, which is contrary to the great way of heaven and earth.
To put it bluntly, while Qingxuzi stepped on the human way, he also wanted to promote the way of being too good.
"If you have sentient beings, you can't achieve Taoism? Presumably you also know the reason of qi. Before Taisu, you can't be a phenomenon. When Pang Hong becomes a Taoist, the world will be divided into internal and external, yin and yang, and dynamic and static dualities, and it will be cultivated into common people, which is the truth of Taoism. "At this time, the national teacher began to suppress Qing Xuzi with the realm of a saint, and the way he discussed became more and more difficult. He compared the ultimate of all things - "Tao" to the branches of plants, and compared the world and everything derived from the Tao to "fruits". order of its reproduction.
"So...?" Qingxuzi asked with a frown as he was separated from the national teacher by thousands of mountains and rivers.
"Before the creation of Dao, the way of heaven has already formed an order. When everything comes into being and the world is first created, it will run according to this order. And what embodies this order is the 'essence of man', the saint. The saint came to the world , Ji Gang Jingwei, rule the world. Do you think that the human way is to indulge in various temperaments and walk in the world of mortals? No!"
"Walking on the road of heaven, use the spiritual path! Political gains and losses, wars and conquests, seven emotions and six desires in the human way are nothing more than small paths. The significance of the existence of a saint is to grasp the connotation of the heavenly way and deeply explore its operating rules. Domination, this is the way of man .I am a saint of humanity, as long as I never fall, as long as I am still on this altar, then humanity will prosper!"
Before the birth of a saint, humanity was indeed incomparable to any other orthodoxy.
But Jing Li turned out to be born. As he himself said, as a sage, he can "record the latitude and longitude and rule the world", so it seems unstoppable for him to lead humanity to Daxing.
Qing Xuzi was silent for a long time, he drank the completely cold tea in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I have been taught."
The national teacher nodded, waved away the coffee table, closed his eyes and meditated again, and said no more.
The Tao of Humanity is facing pressure from all other Taoisms. Unlike countless cultivators in other orthodoxy who share this pressure, the seemingly most united humanity is actually only supported by the saint.
The national teacher said that as long as he doesn't fall, then humanity will prosper. But there is one thing he didn't say, that is, if he falls, where will humanity go
This fight between black and white is always unclear until the end.
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At this very moment, Zhu Wuxia and Yun Qing were also drinking tea and discussing Taoism on the battle array.
Zhu Wuxia covered up this small world with his arrogance, 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 you sacrificed your life." Zhu Wuxia smiled, with a cold look in her eyes.
"You've been following me?" Yun Qing didn't call her "Sister Yu" this time, and it was time for the two of them to clarify something.
"I followed you from Ci'an City, and the journey was quite boring. I came to Hanlai City with you recently, and I simply competed with the city lord to relieve boredom." Zhu Wuxia put Zheng Zhenzhen's body aside, and pressed his hands on the cold ashes On the sheath, it seems to be ready to go.
"Oh." Yun Qing nodded without asking further questions.
Most people would probably be speechless after hearing such a word, but Zhu Wuxia's expression remained unchanged: "... When you were in Ci'an City, you brought her with you because she was carrying the inheritance of the Yellow Emperor, but was hunted down by the Temple of Heaven later, and she took care of herself." If you are too busy, how can you take care of her? I felt something was wrong at the time, but after you sent Song Liyou away, but left her alone, I felt even more wrong. Now that you think about it, everything is in your expectation, if that time What she got in the ancient temple was not the formula of sacrificing her life, she should have been taken away by you long ago."
Yun Qing nodded again, and poured a cup of tea into the square inch cup.
"Don't you have any regrets in your heart?"
"What's that?" Yun Qing looked up at her with a calm and peaceful face, without any provocation.
Zhu Wuxia sighed, the coldness in his eyes gradually faded: "Yes, you don't understand these things."
"I don't understand." Yun Qing drank some tea, put too much tea, it tasted a bit astringent, "I only know that her value has been fully utilized when she was alive, it's a pity that the Yellow Emperor's inheritance, I It should have been taken out a long time ago…”
"Enough." Zhu Wuxia couldn't listen anymore, she pressed Yun Qing's hand holding the cup, "Don't be 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, it was natural and without any sadness.
"Long story short." Yun Qing expressed her understanding.
"I have been traveling in Nanfeng Continent for many years. Not long after I met you outside Xianhua City, a message came from an elder from the Wudao Demon Realm. The Wuxu Demon Realm is the world where the nine demon sects live, and it is far away from here. There are very few disciples in the orthodox sect, which is similar to that of the Immortal Dao, so we and the Immortal Dao have special methods to detect the news of the birth of the direct disciples. The shadow wall on the Shenyin Sect’s Tongtian Divine Vein, and the magic map in the Netherworld Temple of the Immortal Demon Realm are all It is specially used to check the safety of direct disciples."
Zhu Wuxia poured himself a cup of tea, and continued talking while drinking.
"I don't know much about the shadow wall, but the lines on the magic map will grow and spread with the birth of the direct disciples, and if they encounter danger, they will show the corresponding appearance. Two years ago, the elders found me and told me that the Netherworld Temple was born. It's a big deal, there is a direct disciple with the dao name Huang Quan on the magic map."
"It's me?" Yun Qing asked.
"It's you. The Immortal Demon Realm said that you are a disciple living outside. I thought it was me who destroyed the Heavenly Demon Sect. I didn't expect to find out that it was the Six Paths Yan Demon Sect. At that time, I thought about it. It is the direct succession of the Demon Sect, so I will do the investigation myself. Such an investigation will take two full years."
Zhu Wuxia stared at her, and said with a smile: "You are very good, whether you have a good heart or understanding, you are impeccable. Now I just need to confirm one thing with you, are you willing to enter my magic door?"
Yun Qing was silent, weighing the pros and cons in her heart.
"Now the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Lutian Temple, Guiling Temple, and Mianfenglang all want to kill you and hurry up. If you enter my magic gate, then the demon gate will protect you safely and help you practice. You probably don't know about Huangquan. How important the Dao name is to the entire Demon Dao, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, we will stand by your side..." Zhu Wuxia persuaded, her voice was very soft, and Yun Qing always thought it sounded very nice.
"What are the disadvantages? What do I need to do for the Demon Sect?" Yun Qing asked directly.
"What to do is secondary. If you don't agree, I will naturally get back the inheritance for the Demon Sect first..." Zhu Wuxia still smiled, but her hand on Han Hui suddenly tightened.
That's right, she has practiced the orthodox lineage of the Great Sun, Heitian, and other demons, but she doesn't enter the demon sect. Presumably, the entire Wuxu Demon Realm will not let her go.
"Follow me to the Wuhuang Demon Realm... Huangquan." Zhu Wuxia stretched out her hand to her.
"Thank you, Senior Sister." Yun Qing gently held that cold hand, her face was as warm as jade, as if she had been with Zhu Wuxia for many years.
There are nine orthodox paths in the Demon Sect, all of which are enshrined in the Realm of Invincible Demons, which is a holy place that is difficult for all demon cultivators in the world to touch in their entire lives.
Volume Four Hundred Years of Looking Down