Chapter 745: Secret
Fang Hong didn't speak at the moment, but a thought came out, sending all the information of the "Taishang Tribulation Laws" into Zhang Zongyan's mind.
Such powerful exercises can no longer be recorded in words. Because the words are too pale to explain the meaning of the exercises, this is the time when it is necessary to communicate directly through the mind.
It's like if you write a sentence in words and say that this is a cup, but if you communicate with your mind, you can not only say that it is a cup, but also tell the other person that the size, shape, and hardness of the cup will contain more than ten times more information.
Although Zhang Zongyan is not a god, his strength is outstanding, his will is strong, and he digested all the information in an instant. This "Taishang Tribulation Laws" has no secrets in front of him.
"Seven external laws, eight internal laws. Zhang Zongyan carefully tasted the information in his mind, and felt that this exercise was really powerful, worthy of the painstaking work of those powerful people.
"I've always felt that there seems to be something unfinished with this exercise. I don't know if they haven't put it off yet, or if they deliberately concealed it. Fang Hong was also very familiar with this exercise, and he always felt that something was wrong.
"If I'm not mistaken, there should also be eight external methods, corresponding to the internal methods, so that a balance can be achieved. "Zhang Zongyan knows those gods very well, and he just scrutinized the exercises a few times, and found some clues.
Fang Hong didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Zongyan, the other party should still have something to say.
"Do you know, what is the old business of the gods?" Zhang Zongyan looked at Fang Hong's puzzled eyes, suddenly smiled, and said with a question in his mouth.
"The old profession of the gods, that is naturally to spread incense......" Fang Hong had also been a Chenghuang before, and he was still very clear about the cultivation within the Shinto system, so he said without thinking. He was only halfway through saying this when he was stunned.
"It's faith!" Fang Hong was blinded before, but now he was reminded that even if he had a sense of enlightenment. He finally understood that in this "Taishang Tribulation Laws", it involves the cultivation of the divine soul and the refining of the physical body, but it does not write about spreading faith. It is strange that the practice created by the gods has forgotten the stubble of spreading incense.
"That's right, this eighth outer law should be the power to spread faith. By gathering the true power of incense and gaining the worship of the people, this exercise can be deduced to the apex in one fell swoop. Zhang Zongyan nodded, he was an outsider, so he could see it more clearly than Fang Hong.
"I see, could it be that those sects that have come to Ying Tianfu recently are all secretly supported by King Xing? just to collect faith?" Fang Hong suddenly thought of those sects like the Sanyang Sect and the Maitreya Sect that he had seen recently, maybe these were made up by King Xing in order to practice this eighth method.
"With your current status, if you want to demagoguery and collect faith, I'm afraid it's much more convenient than those Shinto powers. "Those Shinto powers existed before the Shinto was destroyed, and although their strength was strong, they had already been recorded by the Mandate of Heaven, and they couldn't leave the ancient raft at all, and they couldn't use their magical powers at will. In contrast, Fang Hong is much freer.
"Demagogy is just a trail after all. What I want is to practice, to collect the power from myself, not to borrow from sentient beings. Fang Hong shook his head, he didn't like to develop believers very much, even when he was in Sheephorn Village and Changning County, he would rather steal incense than develop any believers.
The hearts of the people are too mixed, and the hearts of the people are too dissatisfied, and if he develops so many followers, he must respond to the wishes of the believers. Those desires may be good or bad, but for him, they are all cause and effect and bondage. He didn't want to be like a clay and wood statue, trapped in a corner all day, like a puppet to live like that, it didn't mean anything at all.
Therefore, he would rather practice on his own than develop followers.
"You have the same idea as I am, boy, I appreciate you a little bit for saying that. Zhang Zongyan laughed and nodded incessantly.
"I'm done with this story, and now it's up to you. Let's talk about it, how did you, a Taoist priest, get into trouble with a group of gods to this point?" Fang Hong was also very curious about the grievances between Zhang Zongyan and Shinto, which was equivalent to the fall out between the guys in the store and the shopkeeper, and the story inside was definitely very exciting.
"I'm just not willing to be bound. However, it didn't work, it just jumped from one cage to another, and it was so difficult to get out of it. Speaking of himself, Zhang Zongyan sighed, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"I am a Taoist priest of Zhengyi, and I have always had a true saying that the south is the same and the north is true, and I am a Zhengyi, and the relationship with Shinto is a little closer. Zhang Zongyan's face showed a look of remembrance, as if he had returned to that era when danger and opportunity coexisted.
Cultivate the precepts in the whole truth, do not eat meat, do not get close to women, and live closer to the practitioners. And Zhengyi doesn't have so many precepts, but he is good at exorcism, sacrifice, alchemy and divine fighting, and often uses the power of the gods, and has a good relationship with Shinto. Even, there are many Taoist priests who have been canonized as gods after their deaths, and their disciples can use their power more conveniently after being canonized, and Zhengyi will be more prosperous.
But when it came time for Zhang Zongyan to act, he was unwilling to go on like this. No matter how strong the power of the gods is, it is not their own strength, he has been thinking of a way to get rid of the control of Shinto, and even intends to implement the precepts like Jeonzhen within the Shoitichi, but it is clear that he has failed.
Because the resistance was too great, the disciples of Zhengyi had become accustomed to the traditions of their own Daomen, and suddenly changed the precepts, which made many people very resistant. And Shinto is not happy, they lend the power of Zhengyi, and then let Zhengyi collect the believers for them, which is a win-win thing in itself, if Zhengyi betrays them, it is also a great loss for Shinto.
As a result, the power of Shinto was ready to directly replace Zhang Zongyan, the celestial master.
But Zhang Zongyan is not the kind of person who is waiting to be killed, he contacted Mongolia in the north early, and with the help of the power of the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan, Shinto did not dare to act rashly.
After all, the world is still a world dominated by humans, and no matter how strong the gods are, they have to be afraid of the emperors of the world. However, Kublai Khan not only had a closer relationship with Zhang Zongyan who was on the same side, but also had a closer relationship with Quan Zhen. Under the instigation of both sides, Kublai Khan ordered the destruction of the gods, attacked the mountains and destroyed the temples, and degraded a large number of gods to obscenity, and did not allow people from all over the world to worship, and since then, Shinto has weakened sharply.