Volume 4: Journey to the West Chapter 23 Maoshan: Tang Dynasty Branch
Looking at his aura, Xisong has already reached the peak of Golden Immortal and is about to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Looking at Xisong who was surrounded by thunder and stepping on the lake of lightning.
Jiale unexpectedly discovered that his previous pretense was not as impressive as this little guy's.
“Master!”
Xisong put Lei Ze away and refined Lei Ze. At the same time, Xisong also accepted Lei Ze's inheritance and obtained the origin of the innate thunder god. Today's improvement may just be an appetizer. In the next period of time, as long as he can completely digest the foundation left by the innate thunder god Lei Ze, it will be enough for Xisong to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal, or even the Daluo Golden Immortal.
However, Xisong didn't have time to sort these things out. Seeing Jiale not far away, he immediately ran over.
"Master, why are you here?"
Jiale looked at Xisong speechlessly, "If I hadn't come again, you would have been gone. However, you are really lucky to have met Lei Ze so easily."
Xisong just scratched his head when he heard this, while Wen Zhong stood aside, full of envy.
Not only is his master a monster, but his disciple's luck is also so good. Wen Zhong even feels that it won't be long before he is caught up by the junior Xisong.
"Jingchun, your ability to teach apprentices is comparable to that of Senior Sister Wudang. Seeing this, I want to take in a few apprentices."
Bixiao also said with interest.
None of the Three Xiaos accepted any disciples, not even registered disciples. Seeing that Jia Le had actually taught such an outstanding disciple, he couldn't help but be interested. It's not just this one, the monkey from last time was also like that, he was about to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm. Just these two, they will not be worse than most of the second-generation disciples of Shangqing in the future.
"Uncle Master, you only know that having an apprentice is good, but you don't know how hard it is to teach an apprentice. You can accept one, but you can't accept too many, otherwise you will be angry to death."
As they were talking, Jiale summoned out Tengu, Angry Chicken, and Green Pine and Bamboo. Under Jiale's leadership, the four guys had already been promoted to Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Xiaohong and Wuzhuima were both taken away by Jiuyou. Now that Jiale has conquered such a large territory in Beijuluzhou, naturally someone has to guard it.
"Xisong, from today on, the territory within the seven mountains and four seas of Northern Juluzhou will be handed over to you. I will let Tiangou and the three lions help you."
Upon hearing this, Xisong nodded hurriedly. This was one fourth of Uttarakuru. Could it be considered that he was dividing the land and becoming king?
Everything is over, Jiale doesn't plan to stay. His current cultivation is still low, and a breakthrough as soon as possible is the most important thing.
However, just as Jiale was about to leave, a figure slowly fell down.
"Golden Crow bloodline! Taoist Lu Ya!"
Jiale sensed the aura of Lu Ya's Golden Crow bloodline and spoke.
Lu Ya is one of the ten golden crows hatched by the demon emperor Jun and the lord of the lunar star Xihe, and he is also the smallest among them.
During the calamity of the liches and wizards, as the son of the Demon King, the ten golden crows naturally could not escape the calamity. Under the calamity, nine out of ten were killed, leaving only the little golden crow Lu Ya. After the calamity of the liches and wizards was over, the remaining luck of the demon race fell on Lu Ya's head. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that Lu Ya had good aptitude, so his cultivation level improved rapidly. Although he was not at the peak of the Golden Immortal, he was just a little bit away.
Moreover, he has the destiny of the Sun Star. In fact, as long as Lu Ya settles down on the Sun Star peacefully, guards the demon clan, and finally breaks through to the peak of the Golden Immortal, it is only a matter of time to become the most dazzling cub in the three realms.
But no one knew whether Lu Ya had lost his mind or what, he actually abandoned the demon clan, gave up the Sun Star, and joined Buddhism.
Jia Le could understand it. Lu Ya saw the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Buddhas, these powerful beings controlling the catastrophe, and he felt insecure. He wanted to find a backer. He thought that as long as he got the support of the Two Western Buddhas, he would be able to let the demon race return to the supreme position. As for why he didn't look for the Three Pure Ones, the Three Pure Ones founded their religions based on the human race, so it was naturally impossible for them to let the demon race return to the position of the protagonist of heaven and earth.
However, facts have proved that the Buddhists are not fools, but Lu Ya is the fool. If he joins them, he will only be used.
A good hand of cards was ruined, this is what Lu Ya did.
However, he had finished his work here, what was the meaning of Lu Ya's sudden appearance? Jia Le should thank Lu Ya. If Lu Ya had not taken the initiative to give up the Sun Star, he would not have had the opportunity to refine the Sun Star.
"It's good that you know me. As for the seven golden crows, leave them to me."
Um!
Upon hearing this, Jiale couldn't help but look at Sanxiao and others behind him, as if asking, "Do you know that he has always been like this? It seems that he has some serious illness."
"Lu Ya, it's been so long, and you're still so stunned. But you came at the right time this time. My senior brother is looking for you. It would be fine if you had been hiding in the Buddhist sect, but now you've come to me on your own initiative. There's nothing I can do."
When Lu Ya listened to Bi Xiao's words, his face changed involuntarily. He was stunned. This Bi Xiao was still so vicious. He wanted to attack as he spoke. However, Lu Ya quickly retreated. A powerful force burst out. When he looked again, a black-robed monk had already fallen. It was none other than the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming.
"Lu Ya! Great, you finally decided to come out."
Lu Ya can be said to be the culprit who sent Zhao Gongming to the List of Gods. Now they are like enemies meeting and are extremely jealous of each other.
Zhao Gongming was restricted by the List of Gods and had not yet reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, but he was on par with Lu Ya. Now that they met, there was nothing to say and they just started fighting.
"madman!"
Seeing Zhao Gongming was about to kill him, Lu Ya could no longer care about anything else and hurried to resist.
Seeing that Lu Ya was being looked after, Jia Le stopped paying any more attention to him.
"Uncle Master, I will go back to the Sun Star first."
The three sisters did not stay long and left. It was not the first time that Zhao Gongming and Lu Ya had fought. The two men were of similar strength, but Lu Ya was unwilling to keep entangled with Zhao Gongming, so each fight would end with Lu Ya taking the initiative to retreat to Buddhism. In their opinion, this time would be no exception, and no one wanted to waste time watching.
Sun star.
Jiale looked at the energy beads in Kunlun and had to say that this was really a great harvest. There were countless monsters and demons in Uttarakuru. This purification allowed Jiale to directly harvest countless energy beads. It was said that with such a large amount of killing, even if Jiale had a lot of luck and merit, it would be difficult to escape karma. It was not impossible for endless karmic fire to fall on the spot.
But, it didn’t.
Looking closely, the poisonous gas above Uttarakuru was almost invisible after being purified by Jiale.
Turbid air is the source of chaos in heaven and earth. Jia Le's purification this time is for the benefit of heaven and earth. Boundless luck and merit will dissipate with the turbid air and fall towards Jia Le.
With so much merit and fortune, the killings he had committed are nothing in comparison.
This is the reason why Jiale dared to kill like this. He could gain luck and merit as well as energy beads. This is the kind of thing Jiale likes most.
Today, Jiale’s cultivation strength has reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and a breakthrough to Daluo Golden Immortal is just around the corner.
Looking at the hibiscus tree in front of me.
Jiale did not delay and prepared to refine the Yin and Yang foundation directly, the only thing missing was the Fusang tree.
Compared to the laurel tree, the hibiscus tree is easier to refine.
The soul was covered, the magic power surged, and he began to refine directly.
The hibiscus tree and the laurel tree are both among the ten innate spiritual roots, representing the moon and the sun respectively, and are both born according to the principles of the moon and the sun. Now that Jiale has refined both the moon and the sun, and will refine the laurel and hibiscus trees, it is almost like gathering the power of the moon and the sun in a world into one, which will naturally be of great benefit to his understanding of the great way of yin and yang.
As time goes by, Jiale's understanding of the Yin-Sun Avenue becomes deeper and deeper.
It has been nearly four hundred years since the monkey was punished by Jiale to face the wall in Liangjie Mountain to reflect on his mistakes.
Jambudvīpa.
At this time, it was the Tang Dynasty that occupied the Central Plains of Jambu Continent and established an unprecedented dynasty.
Ten years ago, the Taiyuan Li family emerged as a rising star during the chaos of the previous dynasty. They conquered the south and the north, unified the Central Plains, and once again established a unified dynasty with the name: Tang Dynasty.
The most dazzling figure in the Tang Dynasty was none other than King Qin Li Shimin.
Three months ago, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident, deposed his brothers and trapped his father, and ascended the throne directly.
Since then, the Tang Dynasty has undergone a transformation. However, the first thing Li Shimin did after ascending the throne was to designate Maoshan as the state religion.
From then on, the whole Tang Dynasty believed in Taoism and excluded Buddhism. It became even more difficult for Buddhism to develop in China.
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Li Shimin sat opposite a Taoist priest, his eyes full of respect.
Taoist Master Xi Tuan was met by Li Shimin when the Li family had not yet risen. At that time, Li Shimin was still very old. After seeing Xi Tuan perform divine acts in public once, Li Shimin directly became Xi Tuan's disciple. After several tests, he was finally accepted by Xi Tuan.
Then began Li Shimin's journey to becoming emperor.
Li Shimin, who inherited both civil and military talents from Xi Tuan, showed his brilliance after the chaos of the previous dynasty and the rise of the Li family. Although Li Shimin's brothers and sisters were also talented, they were all overshadowed by Li Shimin.
In fact, tens of millions of people throughout the world all know that the Li Tang Dynasty was able to lay the foundation of the Heavenly Kingdom thanks to Qin Wang Li Shimin.
However, the Emperor of Tang was Li Yuan after all, and Li Shimin was not the eldest son.
No matter how brilliant Li Shimin was, Li Yuan still made his eldest son Li Jiancheng the crown prince. In this era that attached great importance to etiquette and law, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this. However, people all over the world were very worried about this, because most people knew that although Li Yuan was the emperor of Tang, the Tang Dynasty was basically conquered by Li Shimin. But now he was not named the crown prince. Isn't he worried about some accidents?
Sure enough, after Li Jiancheng became the crown prince, Li Yuan began to cooperate with Li Jiancheng to weaken Li Shimin's power.
Finally, the Xuanwu Gate Incident occurred, and Li Shimin came to power through a military coup. It can be said that Li Shimin was also helpless. However, neither Li Yuan nor Li Jiancheng and others were killed. Although Li Shimin came to power through a military coup, his previous achievements and reputation did not cause any impact on the Tang Dynasty.
Maoshan was founded by Taoist Master Xi Tuan in the Tang Dynasty. However, according to Xi Tuan, this Maoshan is just a branch and the headquarters is not here. He is just a disciple of Maoshan who came out to preach.
"Master, you haven't come to the palace since I came to the throne. If it weren't for my birthday, I'm afraid you wouldn't have come. I can't even play a game of hand with you."
Li Shimin had a face full of resentment, but this title was enough to shock the world. Li Shimin actually worshipped Xi Tuan as his teacher. This was something that had not been spread outside. For the leader of a country to worship Taoism was no small matter.
Xi Tuan looked at the Tang Emperor Li Shimin in front of him and felt emotional.
After coming down the mountain, he traveled all the way. After arriving in Southern Continent, he happened to meet Li Shimin. At that time, he felt Li Shimin's extraordinary luck. Later, he wanted to become his disciple. After several tests, Xi Tuan accepted him. He was the eldest brother of Maoshan and was responsible for preaching. He originally intended to expand his lineage. He was unwilling to refuse such an extraordinary disciple.
As for what others said, that the disciple's luck was too strong and the master might not be able to control it, causing his luck to backfire and causing him to suffer misfortune. Moreover, people with strong luck usually suffer constant hardships. Accepting such a disciple would mean bringing disaster upon oneself. However, Xi Tuan did not care. In this world, there was no one and no thing that could bring disaster to his Maoshan.
However, even he was somewhat unpredictable about what would happen after he accepted him as a disciple.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin continued to rise, and the Li family even directly established a country. It was not until this time that Xi Tuan discovered that all the luck on Li Shimin's body had been transformed into the luck of humanity, and his body was emitting purple energy, with the momentum of a soaring dragon. After all, Xi Tuan at that time was only a Xuanxian, and his eyesight could not keep up.
But the disciple had already been accepted, and by the time Li Shimin truly showed the signs of a human emperor, it was already too late.
You know, accepting a human emperor is completely different from accepting an ordinary disciple.
However, when Xi Tuan was enlightened later, he had a flash of inspiration: Could it be that everything was fate? It was not until this time that Xi Tuan discovered a great path.
He established Mount Mao and preached in the Tang Dynasty. To this day, it has become the state religion of the Tang Dynasty.
With the help of good luck, Xi Tuan no longer encountered any obstacles in his breakthrough and directly reached the Golden Immortal level.
"I am a Taoist practitioner. The worldly disturbances are not beneficial to my practice. I do not want to get involved."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin understood what Xi Tuan meant. However, it was only after he became the Emperor of Tang that Li Shimin discovered what it meant to be alone. To this day, the only person he could truly consider as a relative was Xi Tuan. Others, even Empress Zhangsun, had their own thoughts.
My father and brother are already in prison, so it’s even more ridiculous to talk about family affection.
His younger sister also had her own thoughts, and those old ministers were getting further and further away from him. Even his sons seemed to have followed his old path and started to fight for the throne. He was very tired. Only when he was with Xi Tuan was he the happiest and most relaxed.
"Then I will go up the mountain to see Master later, okay?"
"Forget it. You're making too much noise, and I'm afraid of the noise."
Li Shimin's face became even more resentful when he heard this. Well, Master doesn't want him anymore.
Xi Tuan looked at the disciple in front of him and sighed in his heart. This disciple was really too dangerous. Fortunately, Li Shimin was not taught the way of immortality before, but only the civil and martial arts. Otherwise, it would really harm him.
Since the Shang Dynasty, humanity has been downgraded, and the title of Son of Heaven was obtained at this time. The status of humanity can only be subordinate to the way of heaven.
After the Shang Dynasty, there was no longer any emperor who could live for a hundred years. The lifespan could not exceed a hundred years, and a dynasty could not exceed eight hundred years.
The human race's dynasties changed and new kingdoms were established, so although the human race was still the protagonist of heaven and earth, its sense of existence was getting weaker and weaker. Up to now, the way of humanity was not only below the way of heaven, but also below the way of immortals and gods. It became an iron rule that the Human Emperor could not practice. The cultivation of immortals was poison to the Human Emperor. The deeper the realm of cultivation of immortals, the easier it was to encounter disasters, and the fate would be greatly affected.
At that time, Xi Tuan had just arrived in the Southern Continent and had no intention of preaching. He accepted Li Shimin only as a nominal disciple, so he only taught him the civil and martial arts. However, before Xi Tuan could accept him as the true master, the dragon energy was revealed, which made Xi Tuan dare not teach him anymore. He was not his own master, and he dared not go against the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, until now, Li Shimin is only a nominal disciple.
Maoshan is actually not very big, just a mountain with only three or five disciples, but it was directly established as the state religion by Li Shimin, and its fortune greatly increased.
In the past ten years, as Maoshan's fortune grew, talented disciples continued to come to visit, causing the number of Maoshan disciples to increase directly to thirty-six.
There are few disciples in Maoshan, not because Xi Tuan does not want to accept them. It is the same whether he lets one sheep go or drives a flock of sheep. He is not the master, so he does not find it troublesome.
It's just that good disciples are hard to come by. Although Xi Tuan's standard for accepting disciples has been lowered, they are still not that easy to find. After so many years in the Southern Continent, there have been only three or five disciples, not counting Li Shimin. In fact, it also has something to do with luck. After becoming the state religion, Maoshan's luck has greatly increased. In addition, children of appropriate age across the country will come to Maoshan to become disciples, so that's how the total number of disciples is made up of thirty-six.
The higher his luck, the smoother Xi Tuan's practice will be. If he continues like this, perhaps it is only a matter of time before Xi Tuan breaks through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal.
In the 13th year of Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, a small incident happened.
The daughter of Prime Minister Yin Kaishan was throwing a ball of embroidery in the imperial city to find a husband. It was called throwing a ball of embroidery, but everyone who knew about it knew what was going on. Today was the day when the top scholar was paraded through the streets on horseback, but Yin Kaishan's daughter threw the ball at this time, not earlier or later. Everyone knew why, but no one had pointed it out.
Sure enough, when the top scholar Chen Guangrui passed by during the parade, Yin Kaishan's daughter Wen Jiao was even more satisfied after seeing Chen Guangrui, and directly threw a hydrangea at him. Well, just like that, the top scholar became the son-in-law of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In fact, this is not a secret anymore. The custom of choosing a son-in-law from the list has been popular for many years.
Yin Kaishan just changed his way.
Shortly after Chen Guangrui got married, Li Shimin sent him to Jiangzhou to serve as an official at the suggestion of Wei Zheng. On the way, he met boatmen Liu Hong and Li Biao. Seeing that Wen Jiao was beautiful, they wanted to kill Chen Guangrui at night and abduct Wen Jiao.
It's true that the theory of backlash of luck really makes sense. Jin Chanzi is already in Wen Jiao's belly at this time. As Jin Chanzi's parents, Chen Guangrui and Wen Jiao really can't suppress their luck, so the backlash is coming.
It was just that this top scholar, whose wife was the daughter of the prime minister, actually encountered such a thing as robbery by pirates. Everyone who heard it thought it was ridiculous, but it happened to him. Xi Tuan was not Jia Le, so naturally he didn't know about this.
However, Jiale's existence seems to be specifically created to oppose Buddhism.
The founding disciple of the Tang Dynasty branch of Maoshan is Yuan Tiangang. No, this is a common name. According to the seniority system of Maoshan, he should be called Yuan Jinggang. This is the disciple accepted by Xi Tuan in the previous dynasty when he was traveling in the southern continent. He is also the first disciple. His aptitude is even not inferior to theirs, and he also has considerable luck.
When Xi Tuan accepted Yuan Tiangang, he was also very happy.
After decades of practice, Yuan Tiangang has actually reached the Yuanshen realm.
This world is rich in spiritual energy, far superior to the worlds Jia Le had traveled through before. It only took a few decades to reach the Yuanshen realm. No one except Jia Le dared to do this.
You know, the rules of Maoshan were set by Jiale. During these decades, Yuan Tiangang also read scriptures for twenty years.
In fact, it only takes a dozen years to cultivate to the Yuanshen realm.
When one reaches the Yuanshen realm, one has to go out to travel. Yuan Tiangang went all the way south and happened to pass by Jiangzhou.
Yuan Tiangang was the most gifted in physiognomy. After meeting Chen Guangrui, he immediately noticed that his face had an evil look and was afraid that he was going to meet with a disaster.
Chen Guangrui was full of official airs, and after some calculations, it was discovered that he was actually the top scholar, and his wife was actually the prime minister's daughter. Yuan Tiangang did not calculate the baby in her belly. Well, if he had calculated it, Yuan Tiangang would probably have to report to the underworld.
Maoshan is the state religion, and Yuan Tiangang would not sit idly by when he saw Chen Guangrui was a court official, so he decided to travel on the same boat with him.
Then we found two guys with bad intentions.
This made Yuan Tiangang feel somewhat puzzled. You know, human destiny does exist. Chen Guangrui was the top scholar in the imperial examination, and now he is the prefect of Jiangzhou appointed by the emperor, a fifth-rank official. He is naturally protected by human destiny, and is also supported by the Prime Minister's Office. This kind of destiny is already considered to be against the will of heaven both inside and outside the court.
But even with such human and favorable fortune protecting him, Chen Guangrui still encountered such a misfortune. Isn't it a bit too ridiculous?
Not to mention, Yuan Tiangang was almost confused. After all, he had been practicing for so long, and what he was most proud of was his physiognomy. But now something went wrong with the logic of physiognomy. How could Yuan Tiangang not doubt himself? He decided to help, and this was more or less due to this problem.
As for whether such a strange thing would cause trouble, Yuan Tiangang was not worried at all.
The master said that their ancestor said that they are not afraid of anything and are not afraid of anything, as there are people in Maoshan.
Therefore, after Maoshan disciples enter the mountain gate, they only follow one path, and that is the Maoshan path.
"Brother, this woman is really beautiful. I can't help it. Let's do it."
When Liu Hong heard what Li Biao said, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. It was agreed that the person would belong to him and the money would belong to Li Biao. But this guy now seems to be coveting the person. Someone had told him before that he would be rich and prosperous in the present moment. Therefore, it didn't matter whether he had money or not. The person must be his. If anyone stood in his way, he would have to kill him.
"Okay, it's dark and windy now, it's the perfect time, let's get started."
