The pit god's subordinates are all pit generals, and Yao Zheng on Nantian Island began to lay out his subordinate generals to dig a pit, preparing to "pit" Zhang Qi in the cave obediently and surrendered.

Liu Xing in Bianjing City was not idle, after learning that the strange person was sent by Lingbao, Liu Xing immediately sent a letter to the Surabaya Abyss, and asked the golden slave to enter Qingqiu to ask for the Xue Shi who had become a mortal to be destroyed.

What do you ask the old guy who has lost all his skills and has become a green hill colt? Liu Xing asked him to go to Qishan as the Xuanhui envoy of the imperial court, with only one task, to appease the Lingbao faction.

Why did Liu Xing choose Xue Shi to go to the Lingbao Sect? Is this the right person?

When Liu Xing made this decision, even Ma Kuo and Su Quan were suspicious. After all, the eight elders of the Lingbao Sect, Zhongge and Lu are all people with high mana, and they are also known as the supreme beings of the Southern Sect in terms of the art of Fu Zheng. A "waste man" has gone, can he convince those old guys to submit to the court?

Knowing that the two of them had doubts in their hearts, Liu Xing said a characteristic that others did not have, and it was this characteristic that determined that Xue Shi was the only best candidate, that is, although Xue Shi's mana was gone, he was still a person who cultivated Buddhism and Taoism.

In Xue's thought, the Buddha is the Tao, and the firmly believe that the Buddha is a branch of the Tao, and it is the branch of the Daomen that led the Taoists to go away to the southwest wilderness.

The "Lingbao Sutra", the basic belief of the Lingbao School, draws a lot of Buddhist teachings, such as karma, reincarnation of the three lifetimes, and nirvana, so that the idea of becoming an immortal is dyed with a strong Buddhist color.

For example, "Taishang Cave Xuanlingbao Wisdom Determination through the Micro Sutra" cloud: "When you know that in the Three Realms, the three worlds are empty; Knowing the emptiness of the three worlds, although there is my body, all should be empty. If you return to emptiness, you will be able to forget yourself. Those who can forget their bodies will not love their bodies again? If the body does not love, it can have nothing to love, and only love is love. ”

This is the Buddhist idea of "taking life as an illusion, so forgetting one's body to help things", which is very different from the original Taoist purpose of loving the body and maintaining health. If you don't love your body, you no longer pursue physical immortality, that is, becoming an immortal. and only pursue the accumulation of merits, ascend to the immortal hall after death, or become an immortal in the next life.

Therefore, in the "Lingbao Sutra" of the southern school today, the so-called "extinction" and "reincarnation" of the steps of becoming immortals are trumpeted, emphasizing that they can only become immortals after several deaths and lives, and several reincarnations.

In fact, in Liu Xing's eyes, whether it is "extinction", "reincarnation", or "tribulation" and "feathering", there is no difference in principle. It's just that those people of the Lingbao faction have to pull the Dharma back into the Taoist sect, so they pretend to be in a posture and pretend to be self-reliant and come out to fight against the Heavenly Master Dao and the Shangqing faction.

To put it bluntly, it was just a set of moths made by the Ge and Lu families who were unwilling to succumb to others and set up their own doors......

The Lingbao sect insists that Buddhism is only a branch of the teachings of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and that the Lingbao Sutra is higher than Buddhism and is the highest Tao in the universe. At this point, Xue Shi had something to talk to more than anyone else when he went to see the Eight Venerables of the Spirit Treasure. If you have something to talk about, it is naturally easy to appease and accept it for the use of the imperial court.

The early Lingbao sect even tried to include Buddhists in the teaching of its sutras, and this idea of the Lingbao sutra is related to the ninth incarnation of Vishnu.

At that point? Xue Shi has no magic power but has thoughts, and he is far higher than the "Eight Lingbao Statues" in terms of the argument that the Buddha is the Tao and the views of the Dharma. If you want to appease, you can't force it, and only Xue Shi, who is stronger than his peers, can do a good job of sending lobbyists.

The cultivation method of the Lingbao sect is mainly the spell of the talisman, which is used to summon the gods and serve the ghosts, eliminate disasters and diseases, and also use it to reach the gods and make the cultivators famous in the immortal books.

He also attaches great importance to the ritual of Zhaijiao, and Ge Chaofu wrote the "Essentials of the Sutras of the Fasting Ceremony of the Lingbao Fasting Ceremony": "The way of the true immortal to ascend in the day is based on fasting. ”

On the one hand, the Lingbao Sutra in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty emphasizes that the Lingbao Sutra is higher than Buddhism, and on the other hand, it shows that Buddhism is also a branch of the teachings of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and the Buddhist scriptures and Shamen must also be respected.

In the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism at the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, people in Buddhism quoted the Lingbao Sutra out of context, claiming that the Taoist Sutra also taught people to convert to Buddhism in order to attack Taoism.

Since the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Taoist priests have gradually deleted and modified the Lingbao Sutra to praise monks and Buddhism, so as not to be subservient.

Not being willing to be subservient to others does not mean that you will not bow to the fairy kingdom. Xue Shi is a Qingqiu concubine, and he not only represents the Great Song Dynasty, but also can use his identity as a concubine to represent the Fox Immortal Divine Kingdom. This advantage is something that others don't have, so with three points in one place, Liu Xingcai chose to let Xue Shi be the Xuanhui envoy and appease the "Lingbao Eight Zun".

As for why Liu Xing suddenly wanted to appease the "Lingbao Eight Venerables", Ma Kuo didn't ask, but Su Quan figured it out.

"The ancient Faqi people on Nantian Island have a spiritual treasure, Taifu, you want to recruit his teacher first, and then ask his master to send people to Nantian Island to recruit the ancient Faqi people to surrender. This wishful thinking, you are really loud! With a strange smile, Su Quan looked at Liu Xing and said as soon as he thought about it.

Seeing his weird smile, Liu Xing also smiled back and said, "What's the matter?" Do you think that this wishful thinking of the master can't work? ”

"It can be loud, but whether you can completely unify the spirit treasure depends on whether you are reluctant or not." Su Quan was still smiling, and as he spoke, he pointed sharply behind him, and then said, "The true shape of the Five Mountains hidden in the garden behind you has been considered the treasure of its sect by the Lingbao Sect for hundreds of years. Hehe, if you are willing to cut your love, I think that will make Xue Zhenren twice the effort. ”

"Nonsense!"

Hearing Su Quan's words, Liu Xing's face sank, and his voice was like a cicada: "The true shape of the Five Mountains is passed down by Taishang Laojun, even if all the sects of the Dao Sect should be stained with rain and dew. However, his mountain is not the Five Mountains, so what does it have to do with this true map? I think it was those eight old fellows who coveted the treasure, so they deliberately said that. If you want me to give up the true map, no way! ”

Seeing that Liu was angry, Ma Kuo, who was sitting on the side, opened his mouth: "Lingbao has become a sect of its own, and it has been fighting with Shangqing, Heavenly Master and even Buddhism because of its Buddhism and Taoism. Taifu, from the perspective of your subordinates, they want the true picture, but in fact, they just want a formal name, why are you so angry? ”

"Is it okay to be famous? Wouldn't it be good if I gave him the name of the Three Sects of Fu Zheng, so that Lingbao would become a famous faction recognized by my Great Song Dynasty from now on, why bother to give him the true form map. Hearing what Ma Kuo said, Liu Xing tilted his head and pursed his lips, and said with a look like a market vendor.

Seeing Liu Xing's appearance, Ma Kuo smiled bitterly and said: "If the name is not right, the words are not good, and if the words are not good, there is no righteousness!" Although the words are clear, the Lingbao Sect does not have a real treasure of the mountain, and even if you canonize its name, it will be difficult to convince the public for a long time. This truth is understood by subordinates, and I believe that the eight old men have already understood it, and they will care about the true shape of the five mountains very much. (To be continued.) )