Qin Mu was taken aback, looked at Si Yunxiang, and then at Granny Si beside him, feeling a little confused. He always thought that Granny Si was Si Yunxiang, but now another Si Yunxiang came out, and she was the contemporary saint of Tianmo Sect!
He now feels that his head is in a mess. This contemporary saint is also surnamed Si. He has preconceived ideas, so he has been testing whether she is Granny Si, and has deliberately molested the saint a few times to see if she will be shy!
It wasn't until Si Yunxiang tested him last time that he confirmed that Si Yunxiang was Granny Si, but now...
"The saints of this generation are much safer than the saints of the previous generation. The saints of the previous generation were evil."
A white-haired elder exclaimed: "Although they are all from the Si family, this generation of saintesses will not harm our holy religion."
Granny Si glared at her.
The elder turned his head away, pretending not to see.
Si Yunxiang stepped forward and came to Qin Mu's side, still a bit shy, and saluted generously: "Young Master, the saint Si Yunxiang has met the Young Master."
Qin Mu hurriedly returned the gift, saying, "Junior Sister, you are welcome."
"This generation of saintess is generous."
An old man said with a lot of emotion: "It's not like the previous generation, as a wife, she actually killed the holy leader."
Granny Si was furious, and shouted: "My old lady is still here, old man, what do you think?"
The old man quickly shut up, not daring to argue with her.
"Saint Rue is not a fuel-efficient lamp."
Qin Mu's eyes flickered, and he looked at the weak and shy girl beside him, and thought: "She has a heavy heart, and she should be the one who defeated Buddha, and then came to show off to me and test my depth. She has already Knowing that I am the young leader, but still showing off the temptation in front of me, what is the reason?"
Granny Si smiled and said: "Ruxiang belongs to our Si family, and the patriarch personally taught her for a few years. Before the patriarch found her, he had already found you. After treating her, he said with emotion that if he had met her earlier, he would not have chosen her." is you."
Qin Mu looked at Si Yunxiang, just as Si Yunxiang also looked at him, their eyes met, Qin Mu saw dissatisfaction in her seemingly gentle eyes.
Qin Mu smiled slightly.
Si Yunxiang should have been cultivated by the young patriarch according to the leader's rules, and then she and Qin Mu were asked to take the grand examination of the Taiyuan Academy in the same year, which should also mean to compare the two.
Qin Mu never knew that there would be a competition between himself and this girl.
However, Qin Mu was so amazing in the big exam, he beat Taoist Lingyun all the way in front of the emperor, no matter what Si Yunxiang did, he would be compared to him, and it was impossible for him to do better than him.
Afterwards, the grand patriarch exam will test Qin Mu's ability as a leader. After passing the exam, the young patriarch has his own heart, and Si Yunxiang is not the candidate in his mind. Compared to her, Qin Mu is more suitable to be the Holy Hierarch.
However, Si Yunxiang should not be convinced, so after defeating the Buddha's heart, she showed off the temptation to Qin Mu.
The young patriarch looked around and said, "Heavenly King Qian hasn't arrived yet?"
"have not reach yet."
The young patriarch frowned. Han Tianwang has always been in a hurry, no matter what happens, he is always the first to rush to the front. He hasn't arrived yet, which means he can't come anymore.
What could be greater than the enthronement of the leader
There is only one possibility why Han Tianwang did not come to attend the enthronement ceremony of the leader.
"Young master, you must treat Han Tianwang's descendants kindly from now on." The young patriarch whispered.
Qin Mu's heart trembled slightly, and just as he was about to ask, the young patriarch said in a deep voice: "Three hundred and sixty halls, display the flag, and meet the Holy Spirit at the mountain!"
swish.
Large banners were unfurled, completely covering the entire city lord's mansion. Once the banners were unfurled and retracted, the city lord's mansion in Yongzhou City disappeared without a trace. The place that was originally the city lord's mansion now only remained a piece of white space.
When the banner covering their heads disappeared, Qin Mu looked around, his heart was shaken, and he saw that they had left the noisy Yongzhou City and came to a place that was not like the world.
Here, there is a round dome above the head, and the four sides below the feet are a mountain standing in the illusory land, which can't reach the sky or fall to the ground.
The green hills are lush and green, but you can't see the sun when you look up, and you can't see the earth when you look down. This mountain seems to be out of this world.
"This is Shenglin Mountain?"
Qin Mu looked around, but saw mountains and hills, and there was a palace hidden deep in the mountains. It should be a temple built by the Holy Religion, but the young patriarch did not lead them to that palace, but came under a pine and cypress.
The pine and cypress are lush and lush, and have existed in the world for many years. Under the pine and cypress is a thatched cottage. The thatched cottage is very clean, and there is no sign of decay with the passage of time.
There is also a big stone under the pine and cypress. The young patriarch came to the bottom of the pine and cypress. Three hundred and sixty hall masters, twelve guardian elders, eight inspectors, three heavenly kings of the town religion, and left and right protectors sat on the lower head.
The young patriarch signaled Qin Mu to come forward, and said, "This mountain was originally in the world. When the founder of my Heavenly Sacred Sect came here, he saw a woodcutter chopping firewood, and he chopped down this pine and cypress. The woodcutter swung an axe The pine and cypress are in an orderly manner, and it seems that there are infinite wonderful principles in them. After eating the axe, another piece of the pine and cypress grew back to its original state. The founder of the mountain knew that he had met a sage, so he asked the woodcutter for advice. The woodcutter was on this tree He preached to him under the pine and cypress trees, and it lasted for decades, and the founder of the mountain gained endless insights, but he was still not satisfied, so he asked the woodcutter, why did he become a saint?"
Qin Mu listened carefully, the young patriarch paused, and continued: "The woodcutter said that if one wants to become a saint, one must establish virtue, meritorious deeds, and establish words. The three establish three immortality. The founder of the mountain asked again, how to achieve three immortality? The woodcutter said, Mingli, Mingzhi, Mingjiao, Sanming is the teacher of thousands of people. Therefore, the founder of the mountain was completely enlightened."
The young patriarch raised his head and looked at the pine and cypress that had gone through vicissitudes of life: "The founder of the mountain knew that if he wants to become a saint, he must first be a master of Sanming. That is what the outside world calls the Great Yutian Demon Sutra."
"The founder of the mountain wrote the Great Yutian Demon Sutra, and it is reasonable."
"Then he traveled around the world. After hundreds of years, he passed on the principles taught by the sage to others. The principles passed on by the sage became his principles after he passed them on to others. Then he said to your ear, Rukou said and he listened, this is knowing. The founder of the mountain has achieved clear knowledge."
"As for Mingjiao, the founding patriarch set up a sect in memory of woodcutters who gave advice, so it was called Tianshengjiao, and established teachings. The way of saints is no different from the daily use of ordinary people. Anyone who differs from it is heresy! Doing, purely letting nature be, is called the way. This is the origin of the teachings I teach.”
Down below, although the hall masters, protectors, and elders of each hall are all high-ranking members of the Tianmo Sect, most of them are the first time the leader has ascended the throne. Even the protector elders and the kings of the town religion do not know much about this period of history.
They originally thought that some earth-shattering ceremony would be held for the enthronement of the leader, but unexpectedly, the young patriarch talked about the history of the founding of the leader.
Regarding the legendary story of the founder of the mountain, they also occasionally saw some records in the classics of the religion, but it was just a glimpse of the dragon, and no young ancestor said it in detail and movingly.
"Mingjiao, which means to teach, to teach. The founder of the mountain established the teaching, which is to pass on the teachings of the sages to the people of the world. He has achieved Sanming Ten Thousand Teachers, Mingli, Mingzhi, Mingjiao, and established morality and words, but he did not You can do meritorious service, but you can’t become holy.” 1
The young patriarch said: "In his old age, he thought about it and didn't know where his merits are. Although the founder of the mountain has never become a saint, he has spoken for a saint, taught himself, perfected his virtues, established three principles and established two immortals, which is better than mediocre people who don't know Fanji. Qin Mu, are you willing to inherit the virtues, words, principles and knowledge of the founder of the mountain?"
Qin Mu bowed, clasped his fists and stretched forward: "The disciple is willing."
The young patriarch smiled and said: "Then, the teaching is yours, and you have to bear it."
Qin Mu said in a deep voice, "The disciple will take care of it."
The young patriarch smiled slightly and said, "Sit on the rock."
Qin Mu went forward and sat on the rock under the pines and cypresses.
The young patriarch looked down and said in a deep voice: "This stone is the saint's stone, the saint's seat. The woodcutter who instructed the founder of the mountain was a saint who came down from the sky. He has no blood relationship with the patriarch, no interest relationship, just It is the patriarch who seeks the way, and he is a teacher, passing on the skills of the founder of the mountain. The person sitting on this saint stone is the leader, but he is also the sage teacher I teach."
His eyes swept over the hall masters, guardian elders, inspectors, heavenly kings and Dharma protectors, and said in a deep voice: "You guys, follow the disciple's etiquette and see the holy master."
Three hundred and sixty hall masters, twelve elder guardians, eight inspectors, three heavenly kings of the town religion, left and right protectors held disciples one after another, the saintess Si Ruxiang hesitated, and had no choice but to hold the disciple ceremony.
"Disciple sees the holy leader!"
All voices echoed through Shenglin Mountain.
The young patriarch looked at Granny Si, and said in a deep voice, "Li Tianxing, the new leader has already ascended the throne, and you haven't shown up yet? Haven't you passed on the exercises I taught? Are you going to take the holy exercises I taught into the coffin and completely Buried?"
Granny Si's body trembled slightly, and an old voice came from her mouth: "Disciple... respect teacher's decree."
She is obviously a woman, but she speaks like an old man at the moment, her voice is very rough, and it has a very domineering majesty, but she dare not be presumptuous in front of the young patriarch.
Granny Si came in front of Qin Mu, and Qin Mu was about to stand up, Granny Si's palm was already pressed against his forehead, Granny Si's eyebrows were streaked with golden light, and at the same time, various voices sounded in the golden light, piercing into Qin Mu's eyebrows In, in the mind.
"Master Li..." someone below whispered.
At this moment, the person occupying Granny Si's body is none other than Li Tianxing, the previous leader. Although he was plotted against by Granny Si, he also planted himself in Granny Si's heart and became Granny Si's inner demon. The woman I love the most.
All kinds of voices in Qin Mu's mind were chaotic and complicated, like a god speaking the Dharma outside the nine heavens, a demon whispering in his ear, and a Buddha chanting sutras in his heart, it was indescribably weird.
"The voice of a saint?"
His heart trembled slightly, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, this voice was the voice of the woodcutter who was chopping wood, and what Master Li passed to him was the scriptures spoken by the woodcutter when he taught the law to the founder of the mountain!
Note 1: San Ming San Li, from the couplet in front of the former residence of Wang Yangming, "Li virtuous and meritorious, the truth and the three are immortal, knowing the principles and knowing the teachings is the teacher of thousands of people." This sentence was used by the ancients to describe the saint.