Chapter 181 Xuantian Shenglong Pill
Chapter 181 Xuantian Shenglong Pill (Subscription Request)
As Xiong Chan was speaking, his body suddenly shrank and disappeared into thin air.
There are two mountains in the holy land of this great Zen temple, one is Shaoshi Mountain and the other is Taishi Mountain. The monks of Shaoshi Mountain focus on martial arts, polishing their qi and blood, and subduing demons and defending the way.
Among them, the Dharma Academy is known as the source of martial arts in the world.
This is because for thousands of years, the disciples of the Great Zen Temple, whether monks or laymen, would record the martial arts they encountered while traveling around the world and hand them over to the elders of the Dharma Academy for study.
Thanks to the efforts of generations of eminent monks in the Dharma Temple, martial arts from all over the world were gathered, new martial arts were constantly created, and past skills were perfected, which led to the profound heritage of the Dachan Temple today.
Especially in the Great Zen Temple, every martial art can be said to be refined and honed over and over again, and is said to be indestructible.
By practicing any one of these unique skills, one can touch upon the fundamental principles of martial arts and gain insight into the highest realm of martial arts.
Moreover, in the Dharma Academy, there are the cultivation experiences of the masters of all generations as well as the martial arts practice experience passed down by the elders of the academy. Therefore, the monks of the Great Zen Temple all regard it as the highest honor to study in the Dharma Academy.
Most of the monks in Mount Taishi were people who specialized in studying Buddhism in large Zen temples and rarely cared about worldly affairs.
Among them, every elder in the Xinchan Temple is a person with profound knowledge of Buddhism and martial arts.
These people are the most profound foundation of Dachan Temple.
But unless the temple is facing life and death, the elders of Xinchan Temple will never take action or leave Xinchan Temple. They almost never participate in many grand ceremonies in the temple, such as the abbot's death or the succession ceremony.
Therefore, it is common that many martial monks in the temple have never seen the elders of Xinchanyuan in their entire lives.
The Xinchan Temple in Taishishan is also a forbidden area for ordinary martial monks in the Dachan Temple.
Xiong Chan transformed into a spirit that was almost like wolf smoke, curling up to the top of Mount Taishi. Not far away was the Fengchan Terrace where the former Empress Wu Zetian had visited.
That was also the darkest moment in the history of Dachan Temple.
This is because Wu Zhao was a rare genius among the demons. When she was in power, she openly respected Buddhism, but in fact she used Buddhist teachings to cultivate her own supreme magic.
In essence, Buddha and devil are two sides of the same coin. As the saying goes, one thought can make you a Buddha, and one thought can make you a devil.
When the empress was dominating the world, even the big Zen temples had to prostrate themselves and offer up their scriptures in order to preserve the orthodoxy under the circumstances at that time.
Moreover, the Queen almost single-handedly destroyed the six demon sects that had nearly replaced the orthodox Confucianism since the Middle Ages. After the Five Barbarians Invasion of China, many children of prominent families were members of the demon sects.
The Ming Confucians had inner demons and acted cruelly.
In fact, only people like Xiong Chan, who have inherited many secrets of the Great Zen Temple, know that the Queen herself is also a peerless genius cultivated by the Demon Sect.
From the Middle Ages to the birth of the Queen, after the cruel screening of the Demon Sect like raising Gu, a figure like the Queen finally emerged.
The Demon Sect does not believe in the immortal world where one can ascend to heaven in broad daylight, but it believes that there is a greater world outside of this domain. It has been cultivating talents in the sect like raising insects, and essentially wants to know whether there are other worlds outside of this world.
But in fact, the vastness of our world alone has not been fully explored by anyone so far.
The Queen absorbed the essence of the Demonic Sect and integrated it with Buddhism. She became incredibly powerful and was once the undisputed number one person in the world.
However, he also met with successive opposition from various forces in the world. Later, under the scheming of the aristocratic families, Taoist sects and other forces, they induced him to transform into a dragon and ascend the throne of the emperor. Under the influence of the emperor's true dragon luck, his soul was suppressed, which eventually laid the groundwork for his death.
In fact, since ancient times, emperors, no matter how talented and ambitious they were, and how they had the ambition to change the world, would become obsessed with the way to immortality in their later years as their lives faded.
Emperors seek immortality not just to live longer, but ultimately to prolong their own power and career, attempting to live forever, to be above all other living beings, and to become the undisputed "emperor".
This "Emperor" is mentioned in the Tao Te Ching as "the emperor before him". It is a "concept" close to Tao, touching upon the laws governing the operation of the heavens, the earth, and all things.
On the Fengshan Terrace, there are still the palm prints left by the empress. Even after the passage of time, people with strong spirits can still feel the pressure of the former empress.
However, ever since a certain emperor started to perform Fengshan rituals on a large scale, emperors of successive dynasties have stopped performing Fengshan rituals.
This was because, although the emperor had no achievements to show off, he dared to perform the Fengshan ceremony, which directly destroyed such a high-class activity for the emperor.
In a sense, this is also a way to reduce the burden on future generations of people.
After all, Fengshan is too costly and wastes people's money and labor.
Of course, as long as the emperor wants to make trouble, he will always find other ways that will cost the people a lot of money.
During the Great Yu Dynasty, there was an official called the King of Land in office, whose duty was to herd the people.
Actually, what needs pastoral care?
Of course it’s cattle and horses.
This shows that in essence, local people are treated like cattle and horses in the eyes of officials. Even in the eyes of officials, this is the case, let alone the emperor who is in a high position.
All things in the world, mountains, rivers, and everything within sight are his.
Especially since the Middle Ages, the imperial power has become increasingly powerful, and no matter which faction it is, it has to move closer to the center of power to preserve itself.
Xiong Chan was well aware of this truth. If the Dachan Temple could not get in touch with the center of power, its demise was inevitable.
However, this dynasty directly blocked this possibility, especially the old emperor's love of Taoism, which made it even more difficult for the entire Buddhist community to move forward.
Xiong Chan saw through the root of the problem and naturally had to fight hard.
He glanced at the Fengshan Terrace where the empress had been, and it became even more clear in his mind that the emperor was not sacred at all. The fact that a woman could ascend to the throne was enough to show that this position was for the strong to occupy.
Moreover, how can a person who is powerful and arrogant be willing to have someone suppressing him?
Arrived at the gate of Xinchan Temple.
An old voice came from inside.
"The abbot's energy is stable and condensed. I'm afraid he has already touched the realm of Martial Saint. This is cause for celebration. But I don't know what brings you here today?"
"The world is about to fall into chaos. Elder, please give me the recipe for Xuantian Shenglong Pill to help me break through the shackles of Qi and blood and enter the realm of true Martial Saint. Only then will I have the capital to compete with the Dayu royal family."
There were two Martial Saints in the Dayu Dynasty, but it was rumored that they were both over a hundred years old and had not been seen for many years, so it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
But Xiong Chan knew very well that if nothing unexpected happened, it would not be surprising for the Martial Saint to live to be 120 years old.
If the Dayu Dynasty was in turmoil, if the Martial Saint was still alive, even if there was only one of him, it would be enough to keep the leader of any force awake at night.
It is true that a martial saint cannot defeat an army of thousands head-on, but once he is determined to kill someone, he will always find an opportunity.
Naturally, only a Martial Saint or Ghost Immortal of the same level can contend against a Martial Saint.
After Xiong Chan spoke, Xin Chanyuan fell into silence for a long time.
After a long time, a jade slip flew out from Xinchan Temple.
After Xiong Chan took it, he was overjoyed. He then bowed deeply towards Xin Chanyuan and immediately went down Mount Taishi.
The Xuantian Shenglong Pill is a pill recipe created by Master Baopuzi.
In his time, Baopuzi was known as the immortal of alchemy, and was a great master of Taoist external alchemy. The Xuantian Shenglong Pill was his masterpiece.
This recipe for the elixir changed hands several times and finally ended up in the hands of the Dachan Temple.
However, this elixir contains an extremely important ingredient that is very difficult to find, which is "turtle and snake essence".
This is a term from Taoism, "The tortoise and snake are coiled, and life is strong."
In the world today, besides the Great Zen Temple, Taihe Mountain also has this elixir recipe, and has successfully refined it.
Xiong Chan and the current head of the Longmen Sect of Taihe Mountain have a good personal relationship, so it is not difficult for him to ask about the secret of the turtle and snake essence. In fact, Dachan Temple and Longmen Sect are also allies in the martial arts world.
That is why the lay disciples of the Dachan Temple founded the Longmen Escort Agency.
The headquarters of Longmen Escort Agency is located in Yingtian Prefecture.
Li Wendi of the Longmen School was the previous governor-general of Nanzhili.
In the martial arts world, the Dachan Temple and the Longmen Sect are actually the most powerful figures in the world.
In this dynasty, Emperor Taizong had great respect for Master Zhang of the Longmen School. He visited him many times and even built a large number of buildings on Mount Taihe.
However, Patriarch Zhang's inheritance is different from that of the Quanzhen Longmen Sect. It is known as the Xuantian Shenglong Dao, which is a secret inheritance within the Longmen Sect.
There is only one successor to the Xuantian Shenglong Dao in each generation, and he is a sworn enemy of the master of the Seven Killing Demon Palace in Changbai Mountain.
The two sides have been entangled in grievances for two hundred years.
What exactly is going on inside, not to mention Xiong Chan, even the leader of the Longmen Sect doesn't know.
However, the successor of Xuantian Shenglong Dao has a very transcendent status in the Longmen Sect, just like the holy son of other major sects.
The ancestral precepts of the Longmen Sect are to provide every possible convenience to the descendants of the Xuantian Shenglong Dao when they travel around the world, regardless of the reasons.
The abbot of Chaotian Temple, the current imperial teacher, is the successor of Xuantian Shenglong Dao of this generation.
However, the abbot of Chaotian Temple also established the Taoist tradition of Chaotian Temple and accepted many disciples.
But the most important inheritance of Xuantian Shenglong Dao has never been passed on to anyone.
Therefore, the disciples of Chaotian Temple are not the successors of Xuantian Shenglong Dao.
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On the other hand, after Xu Qing was ready, he decided to go to Longhu Mountain by land to visit the Tianshi Mansion. During this period, the civil unrest in Dongshan Province became more and more complicated.
Because the Dongyi people's forces have already appeared in the coastal prefectures of Dongshan Province.
This undoubtedly also affected the court's maritime transportation.
It should be noted that an important factor supporting the reform of the Prime Minister is that part of the grain in the capital and Liaodong is transported by sea to avoid excessive loss. The cost of sea transportation is extremely low, and it can also effectively avoid corruption in grain transport.
However, the grain transport system belonged to the deep water area of the reform, and the Prime Minister had no intention of directly cutting off the grain transport system.
After all, the mere statement that the food and clothing of millions of workers depended on it was enough to make the emperor hesitate to act.
It is difficult to be an emperor, and it is even more difficult to be an emperor in the late dynasty.
Every unified dynasty has gone downhill after two hundred years.
Even Guangwu's restoration was a change of dynasty in the real sense.
This is also a problem that every unified dynasty that abolished feudalism since the Qin Dynasty had to face.
Although the feudal system of the Shang and Zhou dynasties was not conducive to centralization of power, it was able to develop many vassal states, which were also called Zhu Xia at that time. They spread the Chinese civilization to all directions and continued to expand.
It’s not that unified dynasties are not expanding, but the expansion dynamics of civilization are different from those of feudalism.
After all, they are actually feudal lords, and they govern their own territories more attentively than local officials.
Local officials in border areas, such as Mr. Zhou, the Governor of Lingnan, not to mention that their power is fundamentally different from that of princes, their motivations are also completely different.
After all, the governor is, in the final analysis, an employee of the emperor.
However, the fact that great unification can replace feudalism naturally shows that the advantages of great unification are greater than those of feudalism.
History is tortuous, but it is also constantly moving forward.
Xu Qing was constantly thinking on the way to Longhu Mountain.
The idea of great unity is not only deeply rooted in people's hearts, but also represents a high degree of cultural unity.
Only by unifying the standards of writing, language, and various weights and measures can we better utilize the human and material resources of this land and avoid internal friction.
Because although the feudal system has the advantage of opening up borders, at this time, the surrounding border areas cannot compare with Middle-earth in terms of wealth.
Of course, this is also related to productivity.
With high productivity, the resources in many border areas can be effectively utilized, and the benefits of opening up the borders will naturally be greater than the expenditures.
It all comes down to a question of interests.
"No wonder many seekers believe that only those who transcend worldly fame and gain can be called immortals. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are, you are just a 'human'."
How easy is it to transcend fame and fortune?
Moreover, Xu Qing thinks that if immortals are high-level life forms from another dimension, and they look at those secular people fighting for fame and fortune today, are they looking at them in the same way as they look at ants?
As human beings, ants naturally don't care about the things they fight for.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of being an "outside demon". Why did he always like to recite nonsense?
In fact, it is only about seven or eight hundred miles from Jiangning Prefecture to Longhu Mountain. If Xu Qing rides the Fire Cloud Horse alone, or travels on his own, he can reach the destination within a day.
However, he was visiting Mount Longhu with a dignified manner, so he still followed the normal procedures.
Wei Yuan of Chaotian Temple planned to go to Longhu Mountain later to fulfill his master's orders.
When he arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, he was very active.
It seems that he is also continuing the network of Governor Li Wendi of the Longmen Sect.
Obviously, these old forces have a keen sense of smell and are making arrangements in advance.
Xu Qing no longer plans to make connections deliberately.
Not that he cared more about the purity of the team.
Because he is the connection itself.
Even though Xu Qing is only a juren now, they are all juren. The difference between him and other juren is just like eight taels of gold and half a catty of bronze, right?
What kind of juren are you and what kind of juren am I?
Can the level be the same?
Xu Qing arrived at a post station in a lower county and chatted with the local magistrate He.
Xiaxian was a very poor county, but a scholar with connections could also become a senior official.
County Magistrate He is related.
He is from the Nanyang He family. His ancestor is General He Jin in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a remarkable man who single-handedly changed the situation in the late Han Dynasty!
He is also the ancestor of He Shangzheng.
Although Xu Jieyuan was a high-class person, he still treated the young scholar with great hospitality.
This is the advantage of being in a high position. If you are a little nicer to the people below you, they will feel that you are treating them with warmth and kindness.
If you are a scholar, with such an attitude, you would be ungrateful.
You have to flatter and act like a bootlicker!
County Magistrate He is a very bootlicker.
Of course, after Xu Jieyuan was licked to his heart's content, he also rejected the good intention of He Zhixian to arrange a singing girl in the city to sleep with him. Lord He was still not giving up, saying that there was a widow who was extremely beautiful and admired Jieyuan's literary talent very much.
Look at this realization.
Ordinary people in the scholar circle are called Jie Yuanlang.
County Magistrate He is directly named Jie Yuan Gong.
Based on this ability, Xu Qing felt that County Magistrate He's future potential might not be inferior to that of Minister He, the second-class Jinshi.
After all, people with a low lower limit often have a high upper limit!
But she is a singer and a widow, which sounds very unlucky.
Xu Qing thought of the loss that Lao Cao suffered in Wancheng, and naturally felt a pang in his heart.
This County Magistrate He is from Nanyang, and Wancheng is located in Nanyang Prefecture. You, little He, do you think he is someone else's wife?
Although Lao Cao suffered a great loss in Wancheng.
But was Magistrate He implying that he was the present-day Cao Cao?
Is your consciousness so high?
Alas, he is now the character of Sima Yi in the first half of his life, and can be called the fire-fighting captain of the Prime Minister.
Xu Qing and County Magistrate He also talked about the recent flood in the Yellow River. County Magistrate He was good at flattering people, and his professional skills were actually not bad.
He told Xu Qing the truth that the flood was largely caused by human factors.
It was a scheme set up by the wealthy gentry in Zhongzhou. On the one hand, they wanted to oppose the imperial court's reforms and did not want the court to survey the land; on the other hand, they wanted to take the opportunity to annex land.
Well, the He family of Nanyang is also involved in this matter.
Xu Qing's mouth twitched when he heard this.
He sighed slightly in his heart, but he knew that many of these wealthy people would become his allies in the future, and eventually become his enemies.
"If you want to say, the civil uprising in Dongshan Province is also related to me. If you want to count the sins, I also have a share. The evaluation of me as an extraterritorial demon is well deserved."
No matter what remedial measures Xu Qing took afterwards.
But it would be a lie to say that he felt no shame or guilt in this matter.
Because he is also a human being, with flesh and blood.
If he had the choice again, he would still do the same.
This is not a conflict. People are just like this. They are contradictory, complex, and hypocritical, but they can also have truth, goodness, and beauty.
If you analyze the dark side of a person, no one can withstand the darkness inside.
For example, between boyfriends and girlfriends in later generations, who can walk out of the other’s mobile phone with a smile?
That's not realistic.
Even for someone like Cao Cao who liked to massacre cities, Xu Qing believed that when he wrote "White bones are exposed in the wild, and no rooster crows for a thousand miles. If only one out of a hundred people survives, the thought of it breaks one's heart," he truly felt pity and sorrow for the suffering of the people.
Then he finally chose to set up military settlements, which severely exploited the people's power.
However, considering the contradictions and situations faced at the end of the Han Dynasty, a strong center was also necessary. If Cao Cao had not quickly unified the north, the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China might have happened earlier.
After Xu Qing's emotions fluctuated, they soon calmed down.
In fact, in history, there are more records of Cao Cao crying than Liu Xuande, who only cried once or twice. Li Shimin also liked to cry.
Many of these heroes are also people of true character.
The sincere expression of life emotions does not conflict with their overall view.
To accomplish great things, one must naturally learn the laws of nature, go with the flow, and try to be less influenced by personal emotions.
After Xu Qing calmed his mind, he vaguely touched upon the state of "Tao follows nature" that he had always pursued.
This is the key to his dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, and whether he can successfully break through to the Ghost Immortal and Martial Saint in the future.
With only the realm of harmony between yin and yang, his martial arts basically stopped at the early stage of Grandmaster, and it was impossible for him to reach the level of Martial Saint.
(End of this chapter)