The two of them wandered around Chang'an for many years. Although they had no chance to learn literature and literacy, they heard many rumors and anecdotes. The five-clawed golden dragon was one of those many anecdotes. Fatty was no stranger to it. "The five-clawed golden dragon determines the emperor's strength." ?”
"Yes." Nanfeng stood up straight, walked to the door and opened it. Seeing the snow and wind, he blew the whistle.
"What are you going to do?" the fat man asked.
"It's too cold. Call Ba Ye and Lao Bai to get out of the snow." Nanfeng said.
Hearing what Nanfeng said, the fat man also walked to the door and howled. What he shouted was Sanskrit, and the pronunciation was very strange.
The two of them did not close the door, but stood by the door waiting for Lao Bai and Ba Ye to come over. The fat man continued, "This Taoist priest was sent by Huang Qishan. Huang Qishan is a subordinate with big eyes. Why did they kill the five-clawed golden dragon?" ?”
At this time, Ba Ye was already in the sky. Nanfeng waved it down, but did not answer the fat man's question.
Zhuge Chanjuan took over the conversation, "We are also very puzzled. The five-clawed golden dragons are all born according to the sky. The big eyes you mentioned should be the righteous party. We also don't understand why she and her followers want to Killing the five-clawed golden dragon, the Taoist just mentioned it briefly before, without going into details, and maybe he himself didn't understand the reason."
"He wrote for half an hour, and that's all he said?" The fat man still had more to say, "Didn't he say anything else?"
Zhuge Chanjuan said, "I have said it, but it is just a matter of old sesame seeds and rotten millet. It is said that the three realms were already divided when the heaven and earth were first born, but there were no rules in the three realms at that time. There were no dynasties in the world, no heaven in the heaven, and no underworld. In the underworld, humans, ghosts and gods live together. The Three Realms only took shape in the Xia Dynasty, but the real rules were set in the Zhou Dynasty. Who is in charge of the underworld, who is in charge of heaven, and who is the master of the world were all decided at that time." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
When Zhuge Chanjuan said this, the fat man ran out and helped Nanfeng push the eighth master into the house. The eighth master was big and the door was small, so it got stuck.
After pushing Master Ba into the house, Lao Bai also arrived. The fat man took a broom to sweep the snow off Lao Bai's body and sent him into the next room, before returning to the house with Nan Feng.
After finishing the trivial matters, the fat man asked impatiently. There was still firewood under the stove. The south wind thought the kang was cold, so he asked the fat man to burn the kang. In order to listen to the story and clear up the confusion, the fat man burned it.
Nanfeng sat leaning against the wall and continued to speak on behalf of Zhuge Chanjuan, "The process of establishing the heaven and the underworld was not smooth. The heaven and the underworld are somewhat similar to the human court. If there is a court, there must be officials. At that time, some immortals lived there. In the sky, some live on fairy islands, and many live in Lingshan. This Lingshan has nothing to do with your Buddhist Lingshan. It is a famous mountain and river full of spiritual energy. In short, it is everywhere. These gods have no one to restrain them and are unorganized. Seeing this situation, the three patriarchs could only send their own disciples to use both soft and hard tactics. They could coax them if they could, deceive them if they could, and beat them if they were really disobedient. In short, they tried every means to make them obey. They will confirm the throne first and then talk about it."
Nanfeng said it in a simple way, and the fat man listened with doubt, "Are these the Taoist's original words?"
"No, you want to hear the true story?" Nanfeng looked at the fat man, "The immortals are unruly and spread across the nine states. They don't obey the decrees and disobey the edicts. As a result, the positions in the heavenly palace are vacant, and the titles in the earthly palace are missing..."
The fat man was shocked when he heard this. He waved his hands in front of the stove and said, "Stop it now. You should just speak human language."
"These direct disciples of the founder are the later Daluo Jinxian. These Daluo Jinxian have been busy for many years and finally found all the officials of heaven and yin..."
"Why do you act like you're trying to catch a young man?" the fat man said with a smile.
"This was the situation back then. If you could live forever, who would want to go to heaven and be subject to that restriction?" Nanfeng said.
The fat man added firewood to the bed, "Why are Gao Pingsheng telling you this?"
"He lived in that era. If you don't say these things, how can you prove his origins?" Nanfeng said.
"Don't interrupt, just listen to what he has to say." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng added, "At that time, the origins of the Heavenly Officials and the Yin Officials were very complicated. There were immortals who practiced Taoism, gods whose spiritual consciousness was immortal after death, aliens with profound Taoism, and some lingering ghosts. .”
At this point, Nanfeng moved to the left, avoiding the dishonest foot under the quilt, "These officials have different origins, and they were summoned by different Da Luo Jinxian, and they gathered together to have a conflict. It is inevitable, so in the early days of the formation of Heaven and Earth, there was indeed chaos for a period of time. Although this situation was suppressed and calmed down, it was only suppressed. In fact, whether it is Heaven or Hell, there are still factions fighting until now, but we I have never participated in it, so I think they are following the steps and are harmonious."
"By the way, I remembered something." The fat man couldn't help but interrupt, "There is such a scene on the mural in the Orc Valley. A Taoist put on official uniform, and a chariot came to pick him up from the sky, but the Taoist had a sad face. , seems very unhappy."
What the fat man said was somewhat impressive to Nanfeng, "Really capable people will not be officials. No matter how big the official position is, there will always be people suppressing it, making it uncomfortable."
After saying that, Nanfeng said again, "Gao Pingsheng suspected that Huang Qishan was killed by another god. He said this to let us know that there are contradictions and complex camps in heaven and earth."
"Let's not worry about the things in heaven for now and let's talk about things underground." The fat man continued to add firewood to the bed.
"If you don't talk about heaven, you can't talk about underground." Nanfeng moved to the left again, "After the establishment of heaven and earth, a lot of rules were set. The most important one is respect and inferiority. Successful cultivation The Immortal Family has the highest status. People who have contributed to the country but have no spiritual energy cultivation can be made gods after death. Their status is slightly lower than that of the Immortal Family. The status of aliens and ghosts is even lower."
"With the heaven and earth, the human world is much purer. The human world is located between heaven and the underworld. Those who do good deeds will have results, and those who are successful in practice will be promoted to the heaven. Those who do many evil things and do nothing will fall into the underworld. Each of the three realms has its own jurisdiction, and they are clearly separated and not connected to each other. But compared with the relatively stable heaven and underworld, the human world is full of variables. In addition to the evil spirits and ghosts that appear from time to time, there are also many unconquered evil spirits dormant in the human world. Since gods cannot descend to earth at will, these evil spirits have no restraints. At this time Someone needs to take over for them and eliminate demons, which is also the meaning of the existence of Taoists from the three sects."
"Since we want Taoists to practice Taoism on behalf of Heaven, we must give them the corresponding abilities. It was at this time that the Turtle Shell Heavenly Book was distributed to the three sects. Each sect in the Three Qing Dynasties, with three people from each sect, studied the Heavenly Book and deduced the spells."
"I seem to understand a little bit." The fat man pushed Nanfeng to the right, trying to squeeze onto the kang.
"It's okay if you understand. You can go next door and rest." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
"I haven't fully understood it yet," the fat man still squeezed forward, "Did Gao Pingsheng talk about the Book of Heaven?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I mentioned it, but didn't go into details, so I can't ask further."
"He is also a big hole, and he is about to pass the tribulation. Didn't you ask him how to avoid being struck to death by lightning?" The fat man asked again.
Nan Feng shook his head again.
"You definitely didn't ask me where my hammer came from?" the fat man said.
Nanfeng didn't answer. He almost didn't ask any questions when Gao Pingsheng was writing. Gao Pingsheng wrote what he thought was necessary. He and Zhuge Chanjuan were only responsible for reading.
The purpose of Gao Pingsheng's writing was to clarify his identity to the two of them, not to help them clear up their doubts. Naturally, it was inconvenient for the two of them to ask him about things that had nothing to do with his identity.
"It's hard to catch a sensible person, but you just let him go," the fat man complained. "He must know the words on the tortoise shell. You let him explain it to you before leaving."
"From what he said, he probably doesn't have much time left." Nanfeng glanced at Zhuge Chanjuan. Zhuge Chanjuan had been teasing him, but in fact it couldn't be considered teasing, it could only be considered harassment.
"It's getting late, go to bed early." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
"Wait, let's find out more. Huang Qishan is dead. Gao Pingsheng can guess that the murderer is another immortal, but he has no evidence, right?" Fatty asked.
Nan Feng nodded.
The fat man added, "Gao Pingsheng's reincarnation has only one purpose, which is to use his Dragon Soul Sword to kill the five-clawed golden dragon. He himself doesn't know why he wants to kill it. Huang Qishan asked him to kill it, right?"
Nanfeng nodded again, "This matter is no small matter. Huang Qishan does not dare to make the decision without authorization. Even if he did not receive the instruction from Lord Taiyin, he still had her tacit approval."
"Gao Pingsheng doesn't know the whereabouts of the big eyes, right?" the fat man asked again.
"Yes, listening to what Gao Pingsheng said, Huang Qishan seemed to have been killed in the human world. He should have been in the underworld at that time," Nanfeng said. "Although Gao Pingsheng has been reincarnated for eighteen years, he is not in the human world all the time. On weekdays, His spiritual consciousness may have returned to the underworld to continue his work, and that is why he was not discovered by others."
"Did he say it himself, or did you guess it?" the fat man asked doubtfully.
Nanfeng said, "My guess is that he didn't speak because he had a fake body in the underworld. The fake body would disappear as soon as he opened his mouth. If he hadn't been in the underworld in the past eighteen years, the fake body would have been discovered long ago."
The fat man nodded repeatedly and said, "He told you what happened back then, not only to prove his identity, but also to let you know that heaven and hell are not always fighting among themselves as we thought before, and there are internal conflicts between them. The fight was fierce, Huang Qishan is an immortal, and these people dare to kill even an immortal."
"That should be the case. Is there anything else you don't understand?" Nanfeng asked.
"No more." The fat man got down sideways and prepared to go to the next door. "We have been busy for the past two days, but apart from that piece of turtle shell, we haven't gained much."
"Not only do we know the circumstances under which the tortoise shell appeared in the world, we also know that Huang Qishan has been killed and the whereabouts of the big eyes are unknown. In addition, you also got a lot of gold and jade jewelry. How can you say that the harvest is not big." Nanfeng got up and went to the ground. .
Before going out, the fat man turned around and asked, "What shall we do next?"
"We can't control the affairs between gods and immortals. We have to do whatever we have to do. When the snow stops, we will continue to look for the tortoise shell of the Book of Heaven..."