The large ship docked at the pier, and horse-drawn carriages drove straight into the ancient county town. There was a bustling crowd in front of the academy.
A teacher from the backyard of the academy personally stood in front of the gate of the academy to welcome the guests coming and going. All the visitors were great sages and famous scholars from all over the world, masters and principals who were in charge of the cultural heritage of a certain area. Even the Shangxian Academy did not dare to neglect them easily.
In the Palace of Sages of Shangxian Academy, sacrifices were first paid to the ancestors of all ages. Afterwards, everyone knelt on the ground in turn according to ancient rituals and worshipped each other.
The teacher of Shangxian Academy held the Jade Slip of Teaching in the main seat, and many teachers, principals, and literary masters stood in the main seat holding the relics of sages from their respective cultural backgrounds.
Only at this point did Master Qu Yong dare to narrate the details. The leaders of various literary traditions discussed with each other, and finally the key issue fell on a core point.
The teacher of the Moral Academy looked at Master Qu Yong and asked, "Master Qu! I wonder who should be the City God of Xundu?"
The headmaster of Zhizhai Academy also nodded and said, "This deity is related to guiding Xundu Academy to ascend to the human world, and will also open the door to the underworld, which is of utmost importance!"
"There must be no mistakes!"
However, there is a second half to his words that he did not say. This Xundu City God will also ascend to the upper realm along with the entire academy. In the future, he will be the deity in the upper realm who is in charge of the internal affairs of the academy's cave heaven, which can be regarded as an important position in the academy.
When they came, many people from various cultural backgrounds had already planned to take the position of City God of Xundu. This position was not comparable to that of an ordinary earth or mountain god, especially for the disciples of the academy.
Even though you all seem to be of high moral character and have nothing to be blamed on in your daily lives, you cannot help but lose face at this moment in order to fight for this position for your own ancestors.
Someone immediately stood up and saluted towards Master Qu Yong: "The City God of Yuan County is from our school and is the god of the ancient Xun land. He can take on this important task!"
As soon as this was said, the various sects in the academy could no longer hold back, and some immediately began to recommend other people: "The God of Xiangshan is the ancestor of our sect, and he should be the City God of Xundu."
Some even suggested that someone should be directly appointed as the City God of Xundu on the spot: "Before leaving, the old headmaster of my academy also told me that if the academy has any needs, my Xixiang Academy will never refuse. If someone needs to sacrifice his life for the cause, my Xixiang Academy will be the first in the world."
In order to get such a position for their own sage, the old men argued fiercely. Finally, after discussion, the teachers in the academy decided to choose the safest one.
The City God of Yuan County, who was originally in the ancient Xun area, was appointed as the City God of Xundu.
Now that the position of the City God of Xundu has been decided, there is no room for negotiation. Everyone's attention is focused on how to establish the City God and then how to welcome the Xundu Academy to the upper world. Each link in this process is of paramount importance.
Shangxian Academy has been closed for several days since the closure of the Xiansheng Palace. Countless inquiring eyes from outside the academy have been blocked, and no one has any idea what is going on inside, and what the academy's cultural leaders are discussing.
However, with the arrival of teachers from academies and presidents of academies, almost all the counties and prefectures in the central part of the Great Zhou Dynasty also knew some news.
The county governor listened to his subordinates telling the news secretly spread from the Yangjing family, and his face changed drastically: "Is Fengdu Immortal Lord the Fengsheng who established the Xundu Academy in ancient times? The last time it was rumored that he entered Shenjing and sat down to discuss Taoism with His Majesty, it was Fengsheng?"
The county official immediately said, "That's not all! Your Excellency, do you know why Fengdu Immortal has been suppressing his own cultivation and has not transcended the tribulation?"
"This immortal wants to take the land of Xundu and the entire academy through the tribulation, take the thousand-year-old academy and the saints and sages of all generations to ascend to the upper realm together, and turn the Xundu academy into stars in the sky to forever protect the fortune of literature and Taoism!"
County Magistrate Li Hu took a deep breath and said, "This matter is beyond your and my control! You and I should not discuss this matter anymore, and remember not to talk about it with outsiders!"
All the major Taoist sects and aristocratic families across the Great Zhou Dynasty learned about this at the same time. Everyone suddenly understood why Emperor Kong Zhang had conferred the xiao to the academy lineage.
And more people are indeed shocked by the story behind this, and shocked by the courage of the Immortal King of Fengdu. It seems that if one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit from it!
On the Tianjian Mountain, a flying sword descended from the sky, broke through the spiritual realm formation and flew into the peaks of the mountain behind. Dozens of sword masters on the sword platform controlled the flying swords to fight. The sword lights crisscrossed and split the sky.
Outside the Taoist palace, a mysterious light came out from inside and caught the flying sword that was descending to deliver the letter.
The previous headmaster of Tianjian Mountain, who was also the founder of Tianjian Mountain, did not survive the thousand-year limit and passed away in Xianjian Pavilion. The current headmaster of Tianjian Mountain is a young man, who sat in Xianjian Pavilion and took a look at the contents, and then distributed them to many elders and peak masters of Tianjian Mountain for reading.
What was written above was that Feng Sheng was going to take the academy to ascend to heaven this time. Everyone was not too surprised that the Immortal Lord Fengdu was Feng Sheng. But what shocked everyone else was that Fengdu was going to ascend to heaven and become an immortal together with the academy.
The second generation headmaster of Tianjian Mountain glanced at everyone present and asked, "What do the elders and peak masters think of this matter?"
A sturdy man carrying a sword case showed a look of admiration on his face: "The Immortal Lord of Fengdu is so bold! It is not enough for one person to become an immortal, he even wants to bring the entire academy to share the immortal heaven together!"
The young swordsman held the sword across his knees and said, "What a terrifying power! In ancient times, there were immortals who rode dragons and ascended to heaven with their wives and children. This immortal is far better than that. He will definitely leave a legend in the world!"
The old elder of Tianjian Mountain saw further and deeper: "Why does this immortal king have to take Xundu Academy with him to ascend?"
"Why do we still need the Xun Land of the past? With the power of one person, he brought hundreds of miles of land and the thousand-year-old academy together to ascend to heaven. After all, the calamity has deepened to the extreme. Even the way of heaven will not easily allow such a thing to happen when one person achieves enlightenment and everyone else ascends to heaven."
"How much strength does this require, and how difficult is it?"
The old man looked at the many sword cultivators in the Immortal Sword Pavilion and asked, "Is it really just for the sake of leaving no regrets?"
Many people couldn't figure it out, and shook their heads and said, "How can ordinary people like us see through this Immortal Lord!"
The second generation of Tianjian Mountain's headmaster spoke at this time: "Xundu Academy was built on the preaching jade slip. This is a sacred artifact. After thousands of years of blessing from the academy, it is now the limit of the world."
"But even if it is so, it is just a sacred artifact. Even if it has the heritage of a thousand years of the academy and the power of Fengdu Immortal Lord, it is still far from the cave heaven star palace. How can it ascend to the sky and turn into a star?"
Everyone looked even more puzzled, and the headmaster then said, "Do you still remember the Juntian Pot, the instrument that helped the Immortal Lord Fengdu achieve enlightenment?"
At this moment, many people present immediately raised their heads, their faces changed, as if they had realized something.
The headmaster of Tianjian Mountain said with a chuckle: "I think the heads of the other major sects should have guessed this!"
"The Immortal Lord Fengdu wants to merge his own instrument of enlightenment, the Juntian Pot, with the former sacred instrument of incense and fire, the Jade Slips of Teaching, into one."
"Using the hundreds of miles of land in the area of the Xun as its carrier, it will then take the sages of the Millennium Academy with it to ascend together through the tribulations in the most perfect manner."
"Proof of being the Lord of the Upper Realm Cave Heaven!"