"It's not that Shinto has become weaker, but that humanity has become stronger!" These words exploded in Xuanyi's ears like a thunderbolt. It shook his mind and seemed to stop for a while.

The voice continued, "You see, humanity is the foundation of Shinto. 'Heaven sees from my people, and heaven listens from my people', in fact, the power of Shinto also comes from all the people of the world. Why is the Emperor of Heaven stronger today than the Emperor of Heaven back then? Do you know why? ”

"But because there are more people today?" Xuan Yi asked.

"That's a reason." The voice approving, "At the time of Yao Shun, there were only a million people in the world, and the power they could provide was naturally very limited. And now, there are 60 or 70 million household registrations in the world, and with the hidden households, I am afraid it will be close to 100 million. It is nearly a hundred times that of the year, so the Emperor of Heaven today is naturally much stronger than the Emperor of Heaven at that time. But in addition, there is another reason, that is, people today are better than people back then. Boy, do you know a saying that 'the skin of a thousand sheep is not as good as the armpit of a fox'? What kind of person is a sheep? What kind of person is a fox? ”

Xuan Yi shook his head.

"A smart man is a fox, a fool is a sheep!" The voice said, "The power of the gods comes from incense, or rather, from the belief of man, and the faith of the wise can provide much more power to the gods." In ancient times, the people were simple...... Hehe...... The so-called simplicity, in fact, is stupid to put it more clearly. Therefore, with the same number of believers, the ancient believers could provide much less power to the gods. Therefore, Shinto teaches and educates the common people, in fact, to make them smarter, and the gods they believe in will also become stronger. However, you also know that those stupid people are actually more religious when they believe in the gods, and the wise people are much less religious in comparison. As a result, the power of humanity grows much faster and more than Shinto. So gradually, it became more and more difficult for them to interfere with reality. ”

"But......" Xuan Yi frowned, "but senior, even if the Heavenly Emperor is really much stronger than in ancient times, if the power to interfere in the real world declines instead, what is the use of being strong?" Moreover, if the power of the gods to intervene in reality is weakened, then why should mortals believe in them? Wouldn't that ultimately lead to the irretrievable decline of their power? ”

"Why didn't it work? I ask you, who is the greatest enemy of the gods? Is it mortal? The voice asked coldly.

Xuan Yi was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said: "Senior, I have figured it out, whether it is the Emperor of Heaven or other gods, their biggest enemies are other gods or devils. If He doesn't promote humanity, He will be weak relative to other gods, and then he may be ...... by other gods."

"It's stupid to say that after talking about it for a long time, I realized such a point!" The voice said, "Hehe, when Zulong was in power, let Zhao Tuo go south to conquer Baiyue. In the land of Baiyue, on almost every mountain, there is a deity. These gods call for wind and rain in front of the people of Baiyue, scatter beans into soldiers, and are almost omnipotent. However, when Zhao Tuo came to the door with people, their spells were basically useless to Zhao Tuo's army, and the gods of the Heavenly Emperor's line, destroying their gods, were as easy as trampling on newborn babies who couldn't even walk with heavy cavalry in full body armor. Therefore, Zhao Tuo's army almost did not make much effort to destroy them. I think that at the beginning, when the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought a decisive battle, Chi You also had the gods of Baiyue to help in the battle, and at that time, they also brought a lot of threats to the Heavenly Court, but by the time of Zu Long, they were already vulnerable. ”

"But if the other gods around it are destroyed or conquered, will the Heavenly Court turn around and stand on the opposite side of humanity and hinder it?" Xuan Yi asked with the courage to ask, after all, if a Taoist wants to ask such a question, he really needs courage.

The voice said, "If he could, when there was no other threat, he really wanted the believers below to be as stupid as possible." Speaking of which, it is not the first time that the Emperor of Heaven has hindered the development of humanity. The Emperor of Heaven has a high status, but he is increasingly powerless to intervene in reality, this is called 'noble but without position'; his needs and his goals are inconsistent with those of the people of the world, this is called 'high but without people'; in doing so, he has lost his virtue. If you lose your virtue, you will naturally have no sage to assist, which is called 'sage is in the lower position and no sage'. If it weren't for the perverse behavior of Him, how could I be willing to spend thousands of years of accumulated strength to help you? ”

"I see!" Xuan Yi suddenly became excited, "No wonder the Emperor of Heaven would support the Tartars outside the gate!" The demise of the Great Zhao is the result of the operation of the real Heavenly Dao, even the Emperor of Heaven cannot change it, but when the heroes rise together, the Emperor of Heaven can have some favor and choice, and he is naturally willing to choose one that can slow down the development of the human Dao, anyway, there are very few people who can threaten him in the Shinto Dao. Whether it is the Mongolian Immortal Heaven or the shaman gods outside the Guan, they are not enough for him to crush with a little finger to threaten him, and the people there are ignorant enough that if they are allowed to conquer China, their original gods will only be absorbed by the Emperor of Heaven, and their conquest and governance will slow down or even reverse the development of humanity...... That's a good plan, a good plan! ”

Speaking of which, Xuan Yi couldn't help but grit his teeth. Suddenly, he remembered something again, and hurriedly asked: "Senior, the Heavenly Emperor doesn't have much power to interfere with reality, but the predecessor has the power to reverse the situation, why don't you just overthrow the Heavenly Emperor?" ”

"Hehe, the old man is just a remnant soul, how can he have the power to confront the Emperor of Heaven? It's just that the development of humanity is the mandate of heaven, even if he is the emperor of heaven, how can he obstruct the way of heaven like this? Heavenly Dao is ignorant, but Heavenly Dao is selfless, so it will naturally rebound. If it weren't for the rebound of the Heavenly Dao, how could a remnant soul like the old man make a spell that reversed the situation? Therefore, this power is not my strength, and you should not think that you can borrow my power to compete with the Heavenly Emperor. He is very sensitive to my breath, and if I move a little, He will perceive it. His power to intervene in reality is limited, but it is not a problem to suppress us. You don't want to take refuge in the Emperor of Heaven and help the barbarians outside the gate, the old man and the Emperor of Heaven are incompatible, and when the time comes, as long as the old man shows a little breath, the Emperor of Heaven can only suppress the old man at most, but you ......"

Xuan Yi's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "The ancestors don't worry, and the younger generations don't want to be traitors." It's just that although the Heavenly Emperor's ability to intervene in reality is limited, in the real war, his influence is still very great. To fight against the opponent favored by the Emperor of Heaven, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

The voice sneered: "Do you think that the Great Zhao Taizu was really favored by the Emperor of Heaven at the beginning?" If this is the case, why would he let Sincerity Bo slay the dragon? is still the same sentence, the general trend of the Heavenly Dao is not something that a god of the Emperor of Heaven can do as he pleases, or even a group of gods in the Heavenly Court can do as he pleases. Well, you should know that every dynasty has a so-called dragon energy, right? ”

Xuanyi Daoist nodded and said, "This naturally knows that the monks of our Dao Sect joined the dragon battle to achieve enlightenment with the help of dragon qi. ”

"Then what is dragon energy? What is the essence of dragon energy? Did you know? The voice continued without waiting for Xuan Yi to answer, "The essence of dragon qi is the human heart, the power of the human will, I call it the power of the heart, or the power of will. The power of the gods, in essence, is also the condensation of this mental power. Therefore, the gods must have incense, and the gods without incense, no matter how powerful they were back then, are just empty shells. The imperial court or the dragon qi of the anti-king is actually the condensation of people's mental strength, and with the development of humanity, the power of the gods is less and less able to intervene in reality, and the court is more and more able to gather more mental strength. Compared with the gods who have condensed the mental strength of many people, the mental strength of each person is naturally weak, but the mental strength of a group of people cannot be underestimated. As for the established court or the anti-king, the dragon energy they possess is not something that can be easily shaken. is the Emperor of Heaven, at most, he can only be guided by the situation, and cannot be forcibly suppressed. Therefore, if the anti-king you assist behaves properly and develops well, even if it is the Emperor of Heaven, it will be difficult to forcibly suppress you. So, you're not without a chance. If you really don't have a chance, hehe, the old man won't care about you. Well, just now the old man also carefully checked your memory - don't stare - if you don't want the old man to see it, it's not impossible, when you get the favor of the dragon qi, don't talk about the old man, even the emperor can't see it. But you are like this now, the old man can watch it if he wants, and you don't know if the old man doesn't say it. Actually, let the old man see what? What hasn't the old man seen? Well, your level of helping others rebel in your last life was really poor! Speaking of which, at your level, your master dares to let you go down the mountain, you really deserve to go to hell! And you bosses, too, deserve to hell! ”

"Seniors, this matter is completely incompetent by the juniors, no wonder my master and the head of the family." Xuan Yi still couldn't help but defend his master and uncle.

"Hmph, am I wrong? You're so incompetent, didn't they teach you? And what is the heel of your sect? You don't know, don't they know either? Knowing where his heels are, he still lacks research on the business, and he doesn't even understand the most basic things, so what is he going to do! The voice retorted dismissively.

"The heel of this door?" Xuan Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The heels of this sect are the same, and the major is the Taoism of the Taiqing system." ”

"Hehe, that's fake, it's cover-up. Back then, you were also one of the most prominent Taoist sects in the world, much more prominent than Zhengyi! Your sect is the inheritance of the Taiping Dao! The voice said, "Otherwise, where did that girl doll give you come from?" ”

"That thing?" Xuan Yi suddenly remembered the thing that Yan Yu stuffed into him in his dream in his previous life. He woke up from a dream before he could see what it was, and until now, he didn't know what it was.

"What's that?" Xuan Yi hurriedly asked.

"It's just a seal - a seal of the Heavenly General!" The voice deliberately made a look of disdain.

"Heavenly Gong General Seal!" Xuanyi's pupils shrank suddenly.

Seals are common magic weapons in Daomen, and they often carry great power. Not to mention the legendary Fantian seal, it is the existing Zhengyi Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal, and the Nine Old Immortal Seals of the Qing Sect on Maoshan are also great magic weapons. This is because the seal is the basis of the system, and it naturally embodies the will of those who obey the system. As for the "Tiangong General Seal", that is the seal letter used by Zhang Jiao, the great sage and good teacher of Taiping Dao, when he built his own system. After Zhang Jiao's defeat, this seal letter disappeared, and he didn't want to hide it in this Taiqingguan.

"Taiping Road has built its own system, not to mention cutting down mountains and breaking temples, but also to set up yellow sky. The root of their Taoism is rebellion. As a result, the level of rebellion was not high, and it was suppressed by the sky. The disciples and grandchildren have been hiding for so many years, and it is said that they have studied for so many years, but they still haven't grown at all, they really don't grow! The voice scoffed, "Good luck you've met me." I can't help you with spells, but my husband can teach you how to fight the world. ”