Chapter 0120 The merit is in the present, and the benefit is in the future
The circle of Chinese metaphysics circles says that it is not big or small, but it is not small. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The mainstream is dominated by the Quanzhen Sect and Zhengyi of Taoism, and the Southern Buddhism and Northern Buddhism of Buddhism, and the monks of Buddhism and Taoism occupy more than half of the Chinese metaphysical world, and the remaining martial arts schools and feng shui schools account for a very small proportion.
As one of the three sects of Taoism, the Lingbao sect has great influence in China, especially in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Regarding Wang Zongyan's visit, Yang Chen naturally would not neglect others.
"Daoist, please. "When I entered Wang Zongyan's room, I could see a beautiful teapot steaming hot on the coffee table at first glance. This Wang Zongyan is also a particular person, all the tea sets provided by the hotel have been set aside, and a set of tea sets placed on the coffee table is obviously brought by himself, and it is worth a lot!
As if noticing Yang Chen's gaze, Wang Zongyan explained with a smile on the side: "Poor Dao doesn't have too many hobbies in his life, but he loves this tea, no matter where he goes, he will carry a set of favorite tea sets with him, drink them in his spare time, and also use them to entertain distinguished guests." ”
"Dao Elder is good Yaxing!" Yang Chen nodded with a smile and praised him.
The two then sat down on the sofa one after another, Wang Zongyan skillfully and elegantly cleaned the tea set, brewed the tea soup, and said to Yang Chen at the same time: "This is one of the treasures of Poor Dao for many years, the best cloud and mist collected from the back of Lushan Mountain in Xijiang Province, only a small amount of output every year, and it is reluctant to take it for tasting at ordinary times......
As he spoke, a cup of clear tea soup arrived in front of Yang Chen, and the aroma was pervasive.
Pick up a teacup as thin as a cicada's wings. Yang Chen blew lightly, then took a small sip.
Wang Zongyan asked, "How is this tea?"
"The fragrance of tea is overflowing, and it is heartwarming. It is indeed a rare and good tea. Yang Chen's mind was not on the tea at all, and he nodded in praise. He cut to the chase, "Is it the first time for Daochang Wang to come to Jinzhou?"
"Dao friendly eyesight, poor Dao is indeed the first time to come. Seeing that Yang Chen had no intention of talking about the tea ceremony, Wang Zongyan had no choice but to put down the teacup in his hand and nodded lightly: "There are many trivial things in the mountains, and it is rare to walk down the mountain. ”
Some of the rules of the Lingbao Sect, Yang Chen also knew well.
The elders of the Lingbao Sect on the Pavilion Soap Mountain are divided into three types: Qing Xiu, Gong Transmission and Dharma Protector, and most of the Qing Cultivation elders are above the sixth order, and they don't care about mundane things and only meditate on the sect heritage. Pull one out at random, and put it in today's metaphysical world, I am afraid that they are all grandmaster-level figures who are famous on the one side.
Under the highest-ranking Qing Xiu elder, he is responsible for training the disciples of the sect and teaching the Fu Gong Gong Elder, and his status in the sect is second only to the Qing Xiu Elder and the head of the sect, which can be called the pillar of the sect and plays an important role in connecting the previous and the next.
The last one is the Dharma Protector Elder, just like Wang Zongyan, who is busy according to the needs of the sect. Although his status is lofty, he actually does miscellaneous things, takes care of everything, and does everything. Unlike the other two types of elders, who can cultivate or train their disciples with one mind, they often have mixed thoughts. The entry of cultivation is slow.
Although I don't know why Wang Zongyan betrayed Gesoshan later, in fact, even if I knew. It does not affect Yang Chen's perception of him at the moment.
After hearing Wang Zongyan's words, Yang Chen nodded slightly. chuckled and said: "Daoist Wang is in an important position in the Lingbao Sect, and it goes without saying that he is busy with affairs, but I don't know the intention of Daoist Wang to come this time......
"The purpose of this trip is threefold. Wang Zongyan had a smile on his face.
"Oh?" Yang Chen nodded with some surprise: "I would like to hear about it." ”
"First, I heard earlier that Wufeng in Nanhu Province had a talented young master, who protected the sect with the age of a weak crown, and thwarted the bad intentions of the Ten Thousand Immortal Palace, which can be called a genius who is rare to see in a hundred years, and the poor Dao has already had the heart to come to Jinzhou City to take a look. ”
Wang Zongyan said with a smile: "This time it's a wish. ”
"The Taoist chief praised ......"
"Second, my Xijiang Province and Nanhu Province are only separated by a mountain, although the beliefs of Quanzhen and Zhengyi are different in cultivation, but after all, they are from the same source, and they are all the pillars of Taoism, and now the Five Peaks Concept rises on the shore of Poyang Lake under the leadership of Yang Daoyou, and it is reasonable to be reasonable, my Lingbao faction should send people to congratulate, celebrate for the Chinese metaphysical community, celebrate the metaphysical world and have another subdivided defense area, and the people of Li have more protection!"
If the first article Wang Zongyan said was purely praising Yang Chen, then the second article has already put on the righteousness of the world.
There are many sects and families in the Chinese metaphysical world, but there are only a few thousand people who are really qualified to be called monks.
Since the establishment of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association in Beijing in the early fifties of the last century, the metaphysical community has actually been linked with the whole country, and things such as the prohibition of chivalry and martial arts have also been effectively curbed.
It may be difficult for outsiders to imagine, but in fact, the person in charge of the inspection team established within the Chinese metaphysical community is just an ordinary person, and at the same time he is also a department-level cadre of the National Security Bureau of China, with a term of office of five years and cannot be re-elected!
After being linked to the national government, the monks of the metaphysical world gained great convenience and privileges, but they were also subject to considerable restrictions, and they also shared the entire metaphysical defense area of Huaguo accordingly!
The defense zone mentioned by Wang Zongyankou refers to the fact that within a certain area, if there is a situation where demons are haunting, the metaphysical sects and families responsible for the defense of the region must immediately send corresponding personnel to solve it.
The so-called demons refer to some natural life that has accidentally opened a trace of wisdom due to the abnormal change of the magnetic field or the impact of energy particles.
It could be a mouse, it could be a dog, it could be a cow, and so on.
These enlightened beings can feel the existence of energy particles, and have mastered some natural and strange abilities, this kind of life form is called 'demon', rarely takes the initiative to attack humans, and it is also a special race with the largest number of existence in the world.
And if these lifeforms happen to be active, or passively absorbed, a wisp of remnant soul left in the world before the dissipation of the human dead, especially the accidental death, then. Under its influence, strong negative emotions will dominate its soul. Not only is it extremely dangerous, but it can even open its mouth to imitate human voices. Say something simple!
The latter is called a demon, and it is also the main object of extermination by monks in the metaphysical world.
The reason why human beings are called the spirits of all things is that the strength of human souls is often dozens or even thousands of times that of other lifeforms!
Even if it is just a wisp of remnant soul left by the deceased, it is incomparably powerful for those demons who have opened up a loss of spiritual wisdom.
What's even more terrifying is that these demons with the resentment of the deceased will not only take the initiative to attack humans, but also suck the essence and blood of people to feed the remnants of the souls in their bodies. Make it grow stronger and stronger, and no one knows where the limit of demon growth is!
Historically, the myth of humanoid monsters is often the scum of human cultivators, because demons cannot transform into shapes.
Most of the myths and legends based on animal figures refer to the above-mentioned creatures that have opened up their minds!
Huaguo is vast and rich, and there are not a few demons that have emerged over the past thousands of years.
But most of them are little demons who are not aggressive, and even some metaphysical sects have the habit of keeping demon beasts in captivity as pets.
The frequency of demons is very low, after all, the requirements for changing from demons to demons are very demanding, and all conditions are indispensable.
Therefore, since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the forties of the last century. The total number of recorded demons is only thirty or fifty, and there is not one in a year on average, and there are only such a small number in such a large country, so you can imagine how difficult it is to demonize demons!
But every time the demon appears. These magical, man-eating demons are simply not something that ordinary military or police can deal with, and even how to find their hiding place is a huge question mark.
That's why there is a subdivision of metaphysical defense areas. The state provides convenience and privileges in cultivation and life, while the sects and families in the metaphysical world take on the heavy task of slaying demons and eliminating demons free of charge. Contribute to the building of a safe and harmonious society.
The significance of the existence of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association is not only to become a bridge of communication between the family of the metaphysical community and the national government. It also bears the responsibility of coordinating the forces of all parties and monitoring the metaphysical defense areas in various places.
Each province has a branch of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association, which is often referred to as a branch.
Ordinary members do not have to take responsibility for defense and do not receive much benefit.
However, the positions of director, vice president, and president will have corresponding privileges and benefits, and at the same time, the responsibility of the province's defense area will be subdivided.
In the past, Wufengguan was also one of the member units of the Nanhu Branch of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association, but even if it did not benefit from it, it did not need to bear any responsibility, and it was basically a transparent existence.
But with the rise of Yang Chen, the reputation of Wufeng Temple is getting bigger and bigger, and it is even more forced to close the mountain and lock the door of the Ten Thousand Immortal Palace, and the Shangxian Palace to retreat, which caused a strong shock of the Nanhu Provincial Branch, and at the same time vacated the position of vice president and honorary director.
Now there are more people with hot eyes.
The Nanhu Provincial Branch has one president, three vice presidents, five executive directors and eight honorary directors.
Any position is enough to make people's hearts excited, not to mention that there are as many as two at once this time?
Wang Zongyan did not hide Yang Chen's meaning, and after briefly explaining the general situation of this matter to Yang Chen, he said very bluntly: "This time, the so-called exchange conference held by the metaphysical circles of Nanhu Province is actually to elect a new vice-president-level unit and an honorary director unit. ”
"......" It wasn't until this moment that Yang Chen completely understood, and this time the Nanhu Provincial Metaphysical Circle Exchange Conference was not aimed at Wufeng at all, but a bunch of sect families held a spoils sharing conference in order to compete for power!
As far as Yang Chen knows, several giants of the Association for the Promotion of Metaphysics in this era are even qualified to participate in high-level meetings that will determine the future direction of the country!
The powers of the Society for the Promotion of Metaphysics are vague and not clearly defined.
But the power of the Metaphysics Promotion Association does not come from the local government, but directly from the will of the central leadership!
No one can ignore the voices coming from within the Metaphysics Promotion Association, so that's where its power lies!
To put it simply, Wanxian Hall was originally a vice-president-level unit of the Nanhu Provincial Branch of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association, and Xuan Chengzhen, the head of Wanxian Palace, as the vice president of the Nanhu Provincial Branch, his voice can completely influence some important decisions of the leadership team of the Nanhu Provincial Government!
Although it cannot replace the government to make decisions, and it cannot do things that act on behalf of the government, as a Taoist priest, he can get such power...... Who can easily ignore it? The essence of a monk is still a human being!
Seeing that Yang Chen seemed to be a little moved, but didn't speak, Wang Zongyan spread his hands and said, "Besides, I heard that there seems to be some contradictions between your Five Peaks View and the Seven Veins True Transmission of the Quanzhen Dao...... I have also read the Lingwu journal you issued, and it is indeed concise and concise, which has a great enlightening effect on the future development of the metaphysical world. ”
After a pause, Wang Zongyan continued: "Assuming that Wufengguan becomes the governing unit of the Nanhu Provincial Branch, if those old things of the Quanzhen Seven Veins want to do anything more, they will have to weigh their own weight first...... Those few people in the capital are not for people to see, if they are angry, the Quanzhen Seven Veins will not be able to eat and walk around!"
In the final analysis, it is a problem of the system, and people outside the system cannot understand the benefits of the system.
Before it really entered the system, the Five Peaks Concept existed separately and belonged to the vertical management of the Quanzhen Sect.
But once the Nanhu Provincial Branch became an honorary council unit, if the Quanzhen Seven Veins wanted to harm the Five Peaks Concept, they had to take into account the overall impact, and the price and final return of destroying a Five Peaks Concept was not the result they wanted!
Just when Yang Chen was silent and didn't know what he was thinking, Wang Zongyan threw out his last big bomb......
"In addition, our Lingbao faction, as one of the three sects of Zhengyi, is one of the executive director units of the Chinese Metaphysics Promotion Association, and our Lingbao faction is very optimistic about the future development of Lingwu Journal, so our Lingbao Sect can come forward to coordinate the relationship between all parties, and make Lingwu Journal a comprehensive journal integrating Buddhism, Taoism, martial arts, and feng shui academics, and never interfere with the normal operation of Lingwu Journal!"
Wang Zongyan looked at Yang Chen with blazing eyes, and said word by word: "This is a good thing that is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future, it should not become the forbidden body of the whole true Dao, this is the top priority of the entire Chinese metaphysical world, our Lingbao Sect will become one of the backing for you to develop the Lingwu journal, so that you have no worries!"
At this time, Yang Chen shook his head with some distress and said, "I'm just thinking about a question......
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”
"Why can Wufengguan only compete for the honorary director, but not the vice president?!" Yang Chen stood up, squinted slightly and said: "Since you want to fight, you can only fight for the best, otherwise it will be boring!" )