Chapter 57: The Story of Heavenly Court
The second is to take the initiative to cultivate immortals, "Anyone who has nine tricks can cultivate immortals", as for what the nine tricks are, Zhang Dachui didn't say.
Zhao Xiaolei understands that it seems that only people and a small number of animals can cultivate immortals, and when they take the initiative to cultivate the authentic spells of the Dao Sect and do more good deeds, some of them can cultivate the Dao of Immortals. But it must be to cultivate authentic spells, if you cultivate the side door, even if you succeed, you can't become an immortal, you can only be a demon.
This is quite messy in some immortal cultivation novels, the sects are different, mortals cultivate immortals, often millions of words, it can be seen that it is difficult to cultivate immortals.
But that's probably what it means.
After a lot of hard work, after this group of people became immortals, if they were not officially recognized, they could only be regarded as scattered immortals, and they had not entered the real stream, but they had already obtained the body of immortality - which means immortality.
It's like I learned how to drive, but I don't have a driver's license.
Is a driver's license important?
If you know how to drive, you're done......
But if it is officially recognized, it will enter the true stream and become a true immortal.
At this time, you can choose to be an official in the heavenly court, of course, you can also not go, after all, you are an immortal who cultivates by yourself, and you are not subject to the control of the Jade Emperor.
Therefore, some scattered immortals can find a famous island of Xianshan or something, occupy the mountain as the king, well, that is Sun Wukong, in short, feel free, play chess all day long, drink, visit friends, and you can also listen to the lectures of the Tianzun if you have nothing to do, life insights, chicken soup for the soul or something, cultivate and cultivate sentiments, and do not ask about the world, it is really happy!
I really don't know what they are trying to do after all the hard work of cultivating immortals......
Getting back to the point, then what is this "official"?
That is—Heavenly Court.
In the end, Zhang Dachui talked about Heavenly Court, and the origin of this Heavenly Court is too interesting......
Although today's heavenly court is a place where immortals and Buddhas live together, but at the original time, there were no immortals in this world, before Dayu ruled the water, there were only primitive Pangu, Nuwa, Fuxi, etc. between heaven and earth, counting and counting, that is, there are more than a dozen gods, of course, these are all belonging to the great gods.
These ancient gods, who have not experienced anything serious, are in charge of the heavens and the earth with some of their own disciples, but it can be seen that with the growth of the population and the improvement of productivity, these gods who have no management experience are confused - it is obvious that everything is being managed very badly.
The mountains were knocked down, the heavens were broken, the waters were plagued, the sun was ten out, and the king's wife was on the moon.
Strange things can't be managed, and thousands of years have passed in such a blur, so the gods finally unanimously decided to have a professional team to manage the world for them, and they will go to have a happy life themselves.
The great gods discussed, promote a group of mortals, and let them become immortals.
You don't need to practice to become an immortal directly, no one has this benefit, right?
Who knew that as soon as this recruitment notice was posted, the gods would be embarrassed - these mortals are not stupid, where is this immortal? This is the life of a lifelong part-time job, okay? No one wants to apply, which can make these gods worried.
No way, guess the boxing? It's child's play......
Race? childish!
Forget it, let's fight, whoever loses will go to work.
As a result, the list of gods kicked off......
Now these guys all know that the so-called god list is not so much a prehistoric war as a talent recruitment.
The role of the god list, just like the labor contract, on the god list, it is equivalent to signing a labor contract, and you have to go to heaven to work for the Jade Emperor, and it is especially lifelong, you can't resign if you're unhappy at work, you can't retire, that's not to live to work until you're old, but to work until you're old!
Sun Wukong was deceived into working for Heavenly Court, and later he couldn't stand this treatment, and he also figured out the essence of the matter, and he couldn't stand the restraint and rebelled, but the consequences can be imagined - sentenced to 500 years.
Far from it.
Under the planning of these ancient gods, the war was in full swing, lively and extraordinary, and the heavens and the earth showed their magical powers.
This battle made a lot of immortals, the original recruitment positions were 365, most of them were middle-level leaders, and some were high-level, such as Huang Feihu, people made a Dongyue Taishan Emperor, and later took charge of the eighteen hells of the underworld, in charge of life and death in the world, he is considered a high-level of heaven.
All in all, the job fair was a complete success.
After sealing the gods, the primitive gods were happy, Nuwa threw the burden of marriage to Yuelao, and Gonggong threw the cup of water to Hebo, took off the coat of the god, and happily traveled.
This is a bitter thing for those who have been canonized as gods, they have to do practical things - responsible for the rain, responsible for the sun, responsible for sending sons to people, and responsible for protecting the media and pulling fiber...... Each has its own job.
This is the Heavenly Court.
So what is the system of the Heavenly Court?
Heavenly Court was originally a regime with a clear political division of labor, consisting of the Jade Emperor as the head of state and the head of government, which was composed of the vast majority of immortals and the dominant position, absorbing some Taoists and Buddhists.
After the establishment of the list of gods, the government composed of 365 migrant workers in the Heavenly Court was ruled by the Jade Emperor. But in the long reform that followed, Heavenly Court gradually gained many departments and many official positions.
For example, how does the galaxy manage? So there is a commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Court Navy, Tianpeng, which is the rank of marshal.
For example, the mobile combat troops of Heavenly Court, the cavalry, must have someone to manage the horses, Bi Ma Wen, and they have to find someone to manage them.
Later, even the imperial guards of the Jade Emperor were given the rank of general - general of the rolling shutter.
People are superfluous!
In this way, more workers are needed, so many outstanding people in the yang world were absorbed by Heaven to become officials in the sky after death, Fan Li, Guan Gong, and Wen Tianxiang all became immortals in this way.
The ranks of the Heavenly Court continued to grow, and they had a considerable organizational scale, and even after they had an army, they became extremely powerful.
At this time, although the Immortals and Buddhas disdained the Heavenly Court, they had to face them squarely, because they were the only legitimate regime recognized by the ancient gods.
Therefore, the Taoist first expressed his attitude, willing to respect the Jade Emperor, and put a large number of elites to serve in the Heavenly Court, such as the Emperor Zhenwu, the Emperor of Donghua, etc., even the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun was hired by the Heavenly Court as the chief consultant, not to mention the treatment, there is a special alchemy room.
Later, Buddhism also respected the Jade Emperor and was willing to build a coalition government, and also allocated a group of elites to serve in the heavenly court, such as the four heavenly kings, such as the big bosses of the Buddha's mouth such as Guanyin, who also had to come to the meeting when they encountered major events in the heavenly court.
This has formed a situation in which the Immortal Buddha is in charge of the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor is the leader of the Heavenly Court and the head of the Heavenly Court. From this point of view, both the Taoist Ancestor and the Buddha are nominally the subordinates of the Jade Emperor, which is obviously manifested in the Journey to the West.
In this way, the heavenly court system has been completed.
Time flies, with the increasing influence of Buddhism in the mortal world, the heavenly court has also carried out a series of reform measures, the Taoist representative of the Jade Emperor's family dominance of the situation has gradually been broken, the status of the Buddhist representative Rulai has been continuously improved, until now the formation of the heavenly court's dual chief official system, the Jade Emperor and Rulai are on an equal footing, but it is clear that the status of Rulai seems to surpass the Jade Emperor to become the number one.
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Zhao Xiaolei listened to this story-like introduction, like an initiation, and understood why he dreamed of that strange meeting.
However, Ying Xiaozhao still cared more about her own problems, and she hit the nail on the head: "Then, which level are I and Brother Xiaolei?"
Zhang Dachui spread his hands and said helplessly: "Both of them are gods, that is to say, they are above the immortals of Heavenly Court, Heavenly Court is a working boy, and you are all big bosses." ”
Zhao Xiaolei asked with a serious expression: "You mean that you don't know some things about us?"
Zhang Dachui nodded solemnly and said: "It's like, how can a small department manager of ours know what is going on with the eldest lady of the big boss in the background studying abroad?"
Ying Xiaozhao asked again: "That day, Brother Xiaolei's heart suddenly burned like a fire, Candle Dragon once said what was 'Fire Qi Chaoyuan', and you also said that the sudden rainstorm that day was a "vision of heaven and earth", how can this be explained?"
Zhang Dachui groaned for a moment, then took out a cigarette and lit it, spraying it at Zhao Xiaolei......
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Zhao Xiaolei stood naked in the void, unable to reach the sky, unable to touch the ground, unable to distinguish between southeast and northwest, left and right, up and down.
Slowly, three lotus flowers of different colors faintly appeared three feet above the head, one lead-gray, one silver-white, and one golden-yellow, exuding a holy and incoherent brilliance.
Zhao Xiaolei's heart was empty, he involuntarily sat down cross-legged, put his hands on his knees, his eyes seemed to be open and closed, he felt the three lotus flowers slowly circling above his head, and the holy brilliance slowly dimmed.
Later, the body was suddenly surrounded by fog, colorful, and gradually distinct from the chaos, turning into red, brown, green, yellow, and blue five colors, the five fog were brightly colored, actually clear and transparent, and it was also slowly coiled, but it lasted for a short time, it was like the three flowers on the top of the head, slowly dimmed, only the red fog became brighter and brighter, like the rising sun.
Zhao Xiaolei felt hot in his heart, but it was by no means the kind of burning fire that day, he only felt warm and incoherent, and the heat was very comfortable.
Zhao Xiaolei muttered: "What is the Three Flowers Gathering Peak?"
In the darkness, an ethereal female voice floated in: "The essence is the jade flower, the qi is the golden flower, and the god is the nine flowers." Refining and refining gas, refining gas and transforming gods, refining gods and returning to emptiness, and finally gathering at the top, it can be inviolable. ”
Zhao Xiaolei asked again: "What is the Five Qi Dynasty?"
That day, the female voice replied: "The heart hides the spirit, the liver hides the soul, the spleen hides the mind, the lungs hide the soul, the kidneys hide the essence, and the gold, wood, water, fire and earth, cover the body if it does not move, then the essence is solid and the water is the yuan; if the heart does not move, the qi is solid and the fire is the yuan; if the true nature is lonely, the soul is hidden and the wood is the yuan; if the delusion forgets, then the spirit is hidden and the gold is hidden; and the four great peace and harmony are the intention and the earth is the yuan." This is called the five qi dynasty yuan, all gathered at the top. ”
Zhao Xiaolei asked: "What is the fire and energy?"
That day, the female voice replied: "The heart hides God, the day after tomorrow is the knowledge of God, the innate is a ceremony, and the emptiness is mourning, then the god is fixed, and the fire of the Red Emperor in the south is the Yuan." ”
Zhao Xiaolei got up, bowed down and said, "Disciple understands!"
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He woke up, Zhang Dachui had already left, and only Ying Xiaozhao was left looking at Zhao Xiaolei with his chin in a daze.