"In fact, within Taoism, there have always been three veins of 'heaven, earth and man', with the name of 'three talents', regardless of priority." Bei Yingzi said: "The Taoist leader is determined by the three veins, and the one to which the winner belongs will become the main vein during his tenure as the leader. When he stepped down or died, a new leader and main lineage were elected, and the cycle was repeated, so that the entire Taoist family could be guaranteed to survive in the competition. ”

Li He nodded when he heard this, and said, "Under this selection, as long as it can maintain fairness, Taoism can indeed prosper forever." ”

Only with competition can there be progress.

With the promotion of benign internal competition, it can at least not be weakened, if not stronger.

"Relying on this special competition mechanism, as well as the balance of the three veins, although Taoism has not flourished for many years, it has also steadily strengthened, even if it split into a yin and yang family five hundred years ago, it has not affected itself in the slightest." Bei Yingzi said: "However, three hundred years ago, when the 'Li Er', who was not a person in the three veins, but swept everyone in the three veins with absolute strength, appeared, the original balance of Taoism was broken. ”

Li He smiled and did not speak.

It is a blessing to be born in the same era as Li Er, but it is also a sadness.

It can be imagined what kind of feeling it would be when the disciples of the three veins of heaven, earth and man met Li Er, that is, Lao Tzu, when they were in the Great Contest of Taoism.

Those who have a slightly worse mind are estimated to be hit and doubt their lives.

"Li Er brought Taoism to an unprecedented peak, and also established the status of Taoism's 'top 100 schools', to be honest, in addition to Confucianism, even if it is now in the limelight, it is far from being comparable with Taoism at that time." Bei Yingzi said: "However, because Li Er's prestige is too strong and his ability is too strong, so that even if he disappears, we will not be able to elect a new leader, resulting in no one in the three veins obeying anyone, and finally splitting and turning into the two sects of heaven and man." ”

Hearing this, Li He was a little emotional, but frowned and said, "Three veins, why are they just split into two sects?" ”

"Because of the Earth Sect, they betrayed the Taoists!" Bei Yingzi said with a gloomy face: "Taoist disciples, you can work for anyone, you can set up your own portal to start a yin and yang family, you can also do casual cultivation without asking anything, just practice by yourself and even ignore the Taoist leader, but you must not wantonly slaughter fellow disciples for your own selfish desires!" ”

"Massacre?" Li He couldn't help but be stunned.

In this era, as long as there are a little more people, this disciple protects the Qin State, and that disciple protects the Zhao State, and it is nothing to fight with each other. Even if you kill the other party in a fight, it is a beautiful conversation that competes with the same family, and you will not be scolded.

Because everyone knows very well that the struggle between countries cannot tolerate mercy.

Since you have chosen, you have to bear all the consequences of your choice, and no one is to blame even if you die.

However, fighting each other and wantonly slaughtering the same sect is not the same - even a Taoist who advocates the rule of inaction and has few rules cannot tolerate the wanton slaughter of his own disciples.

It was no longer a fight, but a betrayal.

"Yes, massacre." Bei Yingzi said: "About two hundred and fifty years ago, when Lao Tzu disappeared and the three sects were divided for more than 20 years, a large group of Taoist disciples went out of the mountains to the Zhou royal family, wanting to regain the world and renew the life of the Zhou Dynasty. But Dizong didn't know where to pull out the sentence 'The Mandate of Heaven is inviolable', and without saying hello in advance, he slaughtered all the disciples who joined the Zhou royal family, and even exterminated all the chickens and dogs. ”

Li He was stunned again when he heard this.

A Taoist who advocates quiet and inaction, if he does not have a deep hatred and hatred, and he can't even kill people, what is the act of destroying the full door? Is that a Taoist disciple or a "demon" disciple?

I'm afraid that the people of the Earth Sect are not crazy?

"Only later did we learn that they believed in the so-called 'Mandate of Heaven' and wanted to make Taoism the spokesperson of 'Heaven'." Bei Yingzi said again: "However, not to mention that the mandate of heaven does not need to be believed, and Taoists do not need to be anyone's spokesperson, even if there is really a mandate of heaven, can they massacre fellow disciples?" The behavior of the Earth Sect is no longer a fight, but a betrayal! ”

"What did you do afterwards?" Li He asked.

"What else can be done? Of course, the two sects of heaven and man have joined forces to exterminate the earth sect and clean up the portal! Bei Yingzi said: "It's just that, after all, the Earth Sect is one of the three veins of Taoism, Heaven and Earth, and Man, even if the two Heaven and Man Sects join forces, they will only hit it hard, and they will not be wiped out." Later, they turned from light to dark, and their strength increased instead of decreasing, and no one knows how far they have reached after years of development. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "The only thing that the old man can be sure of is that the head of the Earth Sect three hundred years ago is still not dead!" ”

"Immortals?" Li He's eyes couldn't help but light up.

If there are people in the Earth Sect who are immortal, it is very likely that they have come into contact with the upper echelons of this world and touched the "gods". After all, the gap between the world that was only at the level of "Jindan", at least the immortals who started with "Qi refining", and the Jindan gods, was not out of reach.

Moreover, only those who know something will warn them not to check the net.

"The Earth Sect is too deeply hidden, and if they don't take the initiative to jump out, even if it is our Heavenly and Human Second Sect, we can't find any trace of it." Bei Yingzi said: "But whether they can be found or not, their strength is beyond doubt, and their warnings are worth being cautious about. ”

Hearing this, Li He smiled and ordered Li Si and Zhao Gao to start investigating the "Earth Sect".

He didn't believe that there was anyone in this world who couldn't be found.

As long as you still have to eat, drink and Lazar, even if it is as secret as the gate of heaven, isn't it easy for the world to find it?

Li Si and Zhao Gao's ability to do things is no worse than Wen Chou's, there is no reason not to find it.

"By the way, the old man recently found a good seedling, but because he is too old and has no energy to teach, I don't know if the master is interested in accepting apprentices?" Bei Hades said suddenly.

When Li He heard this, he was puzzled: "Anyone can accept apprentices, can't Chi Songzi and Xiaoyaozi be?" ”

"But in charge of the lineage, there must always be some powerful disciples to pass it on." Bei Yingzi said: "The situation of Taoism now is the same as three hundred years ago, if you are in charge, you will be the same as Lao Tzu, do not accept any disciples, in case you ...... The Taoists are afraid that they will have to split again. ”

"Okay, if there is a disciple with good enough talent, the poor Dao will accept it." Li He said.

Bei Yingzi is just just in case, but he himself knows that he is afraid that he will leave in a few years, and if there are no outstanding enough disciples to support him, I am afraid that no one will inherit the position of national teacher in the future, and Taoism will be torn apart.

It wasn't what he wanted.

In the end, Bei Yingzi brought a little girl who was only four years old, but extremely intelligent, to the National Teacher's Mansion - none other than Xiaomeng, the later head of Tianzong, who was lucky to become Li He's big disciple in this world.

"In other words, there were only three male disciples in the last world, in this world, do you want to accept three more female disciples and balance yin and yang?" Li He couldn't help but think.