Chapter 29: Dragon Horror: Split!
Several Taoist leaders of the Zhengyi Sect were ecstatic, and the group of heroes looked at each other. The girls in the distance were about to break their hearts, and their Ning Gongzi was really going to become a Taoist priest.
In fact, Taoist priests in this world can also take wives, but for many people who don't know much about Taoism, the so-called Taoist priests are those who hide in the mountains all day long, alchemy and talismans, vainly trying to live forever, and come and go ethereal and evasive people.
Among the heroes, many people couldn't help but sigh at this young man, who was originally a champion in the middle, a little Hanlin, a bright future, and a pillar of talent, but for a dead woman, to this extent, this young man is indeed an infatuated species.
The word love and meaning has always been the most valued by people in the rivers and lakes, and at this moment, many people can't help but really start to respect this Ning Hanlin who is hurt for love.
Since this Ning Hanlin has said it so clearly, according to the saying on the rivers and lakes, it is actually "drawing out the Tao", Zhang Zhichi invited everyone to sit and watch the ceremony.
Because there were too many people who came, the heroes of the rivers and lakes who went up the mountain, the various Taoist sects who were originally invited, and the daughters of Ning Hanlin, who came to see their dream lover, were added together, and the position was really not enough to sit, so they had to put futons, bamboo mats and other things on the grass outside the main hall.
Fortunately, those daughters, as long as they can see their Ning Gongzi, they are satisfied, and the others are originally people in the rivers and lakes, not to mention futons, bamboo mats, even if they just find a piece of grass like this, they can sit down without care.
At present, the enthronement ceremony officially began, as the Taoist authentic, famous faction, it is inevitable that there are many cumbersome rituals, especially the various Taoist fasting and ceremonies, to a certain extent, it is not much simpler than Confucianism, and it is drowsy to see the heroes. After finally holding on, finally, the celebrant invited out the iron coupon Danshu issued by the imperial court, and Zhang Shao bowed down to the Danshu in front of everyone.
In the whole world, it is not the king's land, even if it is Taoism for the purpose of "seeking immortality", it is naturally no exception, not to mention that there has never been a real immortality in this world, and Taoism is just a part of the world, and it cannot get rid of the control of the royal law.
The earliest ancestor Heavenly Master, his name as a Heavenly Master was earned by his own name, just like the name of the "Overlord" of the Overlord of Chu, and he didn't need to be recognized by others at all.
But in the Great Zhou Dynasty, from the sixth generation of Heavenly Masters, all Heavenly Masters were theoretically "gifted" by the Son of Heaven. This means that the entire Taoism is subject to the control of the royal law, and it also indicates the recognition of Taoism by the imperial court. From the perspective of Longhu Mountain, this ensures that Longhu Mountain is recognized by the imperial court as the status of "Daomen Authentic", there will only be one Heavenly Master, and it will only be in Longhu Mountain, and all other Daomen cannot call themselves Heavenly Masters, otherwise it is overstepping, and Longhu Mountain has the highest status in Daomen, depending on it.
For the imperial court, on the one hand, it determined the subordinate relationship between the Taoist priests in the world and the Son of Heaven, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent all kinds of treacherous evil from using Taoism to rebel against the imperial court.
Although it is only a part of the etiquette, this Danshu is always placed in Longhu Mountain, and the selection of heavenly masters is also decided by Longhu Mountain itself, and the symbolism is majority, but it is an indispensable part.
The celebrant invited out the Danshu of the Son of Heaven, and Zhang Shao led the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain to bow down, and was about to kneel to receive the Danshu, when at this time, a loud shout sounded out of thin air: "Slow!"
This shout was like thunder, and it shook people's ears numbly. Zhang Shao and Zhang Zhichi's faces changed even more...... It's still coming!
The group of heroes also subconsciously looked at the mountain gate, some people had already guessed who the comer was, and even if they didn't guess, just by virtue of this shout that almost resounded throughout the entire Guifeng, they already knew that the person who came had at least the strength of the grandmaster.
Xiao Zhang, Chen Tianya, and Wu Yu looked at each other, and they all thought that it would not be so easy for this young heavenly master of the Zhang family to become the heavenly master.
In the eyes of everyone, I saw a burly Taoist, leading the crowd to climb the mountain, this Taoist, with a gloomy face, a sideways face, quite a fierce appearance. The Taoist priests behind him, one by one, were also armed with guns and sticks, and at a glance they knew that they were not people who crossed the mountains.
As soon as they saw this person coming, the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain immediately put down their formations and glared angrily. The man sneered and said: "The throne of the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain has always been passed on to the Zhang family, how can this kid dare to be the position of the Heavenly Master?"
But it turned out that this person was called Zhang Tugui, if it was really calculated according to the bloodline, he was actually the grandson of the fourteenth generation of the Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi Sect.
The fourteenth generation of Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master, called Zhang Kuangzheng, Zhang Kuangzheng has two sons, one is called Zhang Li, and the other is called Zhang Ting, of which Zhang Li is the eldest son and Zhang Ting is the second son.
If according to the normal inheritance, it is natural that Zhang Pi should inherit the position of the Heavenly Master, and before Zhang Kuangzheng's death, he also attached great importance to his eldest son, and always said that his eldest son would definitely be able to revitalize Longhu Mountain and let the Longhu Mountain Zhengyi Sect regain its former majesty.
Originally, everyone thought that Zhang Pi became the fifteenth generation of Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master, which was inevitable, who knew that one day, the old Zhang Kuangzheng suddenly urgently summoned all the real people of Longhu Mountain, on the grounds that Zhang Pi "has an improper heart and will be a disaster for Longhu Mountain in the future", Zhang Pi was driven out of Longhu Mountain, and his second son Zhang Ting was appointed as the next generation of Heavenly Master. This matter is unexpected, after all, the young do not stand up, no matter in the country, in the teaching, in the family, it is not a reasonable thing, all the real people persuaded each other, especially, a single "wrong heart", this reason is too vague, almost out of nothing.
The real people hoped that they would at least give a reasonable and convincing reason for the people of the world, but the Heavenly Master was in the heavy rain, pointing at Zhang Li, his fingers trembling, and his voice trembled hoarsely: "You ask him, you ask him!" In his roar, Zhang Li didn't say a word, knelt in the rain and kowtowed, gritted his teeth and got up and left.
Seeing the reaction of their father and son, everyone knew that something big must have happened to make it like this. After all, if it is said that the old heavenly master drove away the eldest son because he doted on the young son, in the past, the old heavenly master did not show more love for the young son, but always praised the eldest son's talent, saying that the young son's qualifications were mediocre, and Zhang Li's reaction at that time was clearly guilty.
Afterwards, whenever someone mentioned Zhang Pi slightly, the old heavenly master was angry and angry, speechless, and then turned into a silent sigh, and in the rest of the years, he did not mention the reason why he drove Zhang Pi away. Despite this, everyone also roughly guessed that it must be an unspeakable ugly thing, once it is really announced to the world, Zhang Pi, who has been driven out of Longhu Mountain, has a ruined reputation and will no longer have a foothold in the rivers and lakes.
For his eldest son, the Heavenly Master still couldn't do too much after all, leaving that little bit of affection...... And then it also left a great aftermath.
After driving away the eldest son, the fifteenth generation of the heavenly master Zhang Kuangzheng did not live long, one night, vomiting blood and died, Zhang Ting succeeded as the sixteenth generation of the heavenly master, although his qualifications are mediocre, but relying on the "Nine Ding Dan Sutra" in the secret collection of Longhu Mountain, he still cultivated to the position of the heavenly master. However, only a few years later, Zhang Pi, who had disappeared from the rivers and lakes for a long time, reappeared, although he did not get the "Nine Ding Dan Sutra", he actually cultivated to the grandmaster, and his skills would only be higher and stronger than his younger brother.
At that time, Zhang Pi, who was far away in Bashu, informed the world that the reason why he was driven out of Longhu Mountain by his father was because his father doted on his younger brother, and he did not commit any mistakes, and the position of Heavenly Master should have been his. Zhang Ting and all the real people on Longhu Mountain, of course, knew that this was not the truth, Zhang Li just relied on the fact that the old heavenly master was dead, and no one knew what he had done, so he only believed it.
However, the Heavenly Master drove Zhang Li away for something, but he didn't even know Zhang Ting, who was his younger brother, although he knew that his brother was reversed black and white, but he couldn't tell the difference. In the case that the Longhu Mountain side has never been able to respond, the public opinion on the rivers and lakes is all on Zhang Pi's side, and Zhang Pi took this opportunity to create the Western Heavenly Master Sect in Bashu, because he has not been crowned by the imperial court, he cannot be called the Heavenly Master, so he called himself "Taizhenren", and from beginning to end, he said that the position of the Heavenly Master was originally owned by him.
And this Western Heavenly Master Sect, under the leadership of Zhang Li, is also fierce, of course, this is also part of the reason why the imperial court deliberately connived at it to split the Daomen. In addition, the reason why Zhang Pi chose Bashu as the foundation of the Western Heavenly Master Sect is actually due to historical reasons, which will be discussed later.
In short, under the deliberate support of the imperial court, the Zhengyi Sect has actually split into two factions, the south and the west, although Longhu Mountain is still orthodox in the minds of the Jianghu people, and the title of "Heavenly Master" is still in Longhu Mountain, but Zhang Li, who is extremely talented, has in fact torn apart the Daomen, affecting the authentic status of the Daomen of Longhu Mountain.
After the death of Zhang Ting, the sixteenth generation of Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, the position of Heavenly Master was passed to his son Zhang Zhen, Zhang Zhen did not have a long time in the position of Heavenly Master, and ten years later, he died suddenly, and the position of Heavenly Master was passed to his son Zhang Jintai. Zhang Jintai's son, Zhang Haoyi, was killed by a group of thieves of unknown origin during an outing, and Zhang Jintai himself died of illness before he could cultivate to the grandmaster, and he was only in his fifties when he died.
Before Zhang Kuangzheng died, he accepted Zhang Shao as his stepson, and asked all the real people in Longhu Mountain to help Zhang Shao as the eighteenth generation of heavenly masters. On the other side, the West Heavenly Master taught one side, but Zhang Pi also left a son, that is, this Zhang Tu Gui, the main hall of the Zhengyi Sect of Longhu Mountain is located in Guifeng, but he called his son "Tu Gui", his intentions can be imagined.
As the second generation of Taizhen of the Western Heavenly Master Dao, Zhang Tugui is now in his seventies, and thirty years ago, he had already cultivated to the realm of the Grandmaster, and vowed that sooner or later he would regain the throne of the Heavenly Master that should have belonged to his father. It's just that, although there is this oath, firstly, the position of "Heavenly Master" has always been enshrined by the imperial court, and it is not that he can be worthy of it if he is strong, and secondly, no matter what the reason is, his father was indeed driven out of Longhu Mountain by the fourteenth generation of Heavenly Master himself, no matter how he poured dirty water on Longhu Mountain afterwards, this is irrefutable.
And now, at the enthronement ceremony of the eighteenth Heavenly Master, Zhang Tugui finally found an opportunity to lead his disciples to enter the mountain gate directly.
In front of everyone's eyes, he stared at the young Zhang Shao and sneered: "The throne of the Heavenly Master has always been passed on to the Zhang family, Zhang Ting, as a young son, snatched the position of the Heavenly Master, which is already out of lineage, you are just a side door, what qualifications do you have to become a new generation of Heavenly Master?"
Although Zhang Tugui is already seventy years old, Taoists have always been good at health preservation techniques, and he has long since cultivated to the realm of a grandmaster, just from the appearance, he is only about fifty years old. Standing there, proud and confident, with the courage to look down on the world. Seeing that he was suddenly killed, so polite, the faces of all the Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain changed.
Zhang Juchi shouted: "Zhang Tugui, this is my matter of Longhu Mountain, your father has already been driven out of Longhu Mountain, and you cannot be ......allowed to interfere in this matter." )