58. Shepherd one side
Soon the Xigeng faction's entry competition came, early this morning, the inn's junior two came to lead Chen Peng to the hall, and when it arrived, the hall was already black, and at this time a monk wearing the costume of the Xigeng faction entered from the door. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Fellow Daoists, please come with me, the head of our Xigeng faction, Xiyun Dao Chief, is about to arrive, please follow me to the square outside to greet you. The Taoist friends who accompanied you don't have to come with you, just wait for the result at the inn. ”
After that, the Xigeng sect disciple turned around and went out, and everyone followed behind, coming to a square outside the inn. After a stick of incense, I saw a black shadow flash in the sky, and it fell to the ground in an instant, and everyone looked at it, only to see that this person was wearing a crane, with a black and shiny hair, and his eyes were bright.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the poor road is Xiyun, the head of the Xigeng faction, so let's go with me. As soon as the chief of Xiyun Dao opened his mouth, the sound was like a bell, and as soon as he stretched out his hand to whisk the dust, everyone felt that a whirlwind blew, and it actually flew towards the sky with eight eight or sixty-four people.
"Don't panic, everyone, this is my magic power to bring everyone into the mountain gate. Everyone was a little panicked, but there was a faint voice from the head of Xiyun Dao in their ears. Chen Peng fixed his mind and looked out, but he saw a gray patch in his eyes, and he couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly.
Just fluttering in the sky for a small half a day, Chen Peng only felt that his body was light, and suddenly fell down, hurriedly urged the dantian to run the vitality, stabilize the body, and then his feet were shocked, and he looked around, but he had come to a bluestone paved square, which was located on the top of the mountain, about ten acres in size, surrounded by clouds and mist, and a white expanse.
"Ladies and gentlemen, at this moment, everyone has come to the mountain gate of my Xigeng faction, and this testing ground is the place where this entrance competition is held. This time, there are a total of sixty-four monks who participated in the entrance competition, and we are divided into five rounds, the first round will determine thirty-two, the second round will determine sixteen, the third round will determine eight, and the fourth round will determine four. Of course, this is the general charter, and as you know, monks from other states also have a quota for worshipping my Xigeng faction. If there is a monk from other states who enters the top five, then this monk will naturally worship our Xigeng faction, and only four monks from Liuzhou will be able to worship our faction. If there are two or more out-of-state monks in the top five, it can only be the top monk who worships our Xigeng faction, and the vacant place will be replaced by the top-ranked Liuzhou monk outside the top five. If the first five monks from other states are not there, then it will be unacceptable, and the five disciples of this state will be able to worship the Xigeng faction. The competition is divided into five days, the first day of the first round of the first half of the competition, to determine the eight monks who advanced, the second day of the second half of the first round of the competition, and then determine the eight monks who advanced, a total of 16 monks to advance to the second round, the third day to hold the second round of the competition, to determine the eight monks who advanced to the next round, the fourth day to hold the third round of the competition, the first four winners to obtain the qualification to worship our Xigeng faction, the four losers first catch the test, the two monks who won and then determine a promoted monk as the fifth place in the competition。 On the fifth day, the four winners of the third round will compete in pairs, the two winners will decide one or two, and the two losers will decide three or four. During the third round of the competition, if there are many monks from other states who enter the next round, then these monks will be divided into high and low first, and only the final winner can worship our Xigeng faction and participate in the next ranking competition, and the top four monks who are not enough will be made up by the Liuzhou monks behind. If one of the out-of-state monks in the third round of the competition advances to the next round, and if one of the four losers is out-of-state monk, they are automatically disqualified. And if it happens that these four are all monks from other states, then the eight monks who were eliminated in the second round will compete in pairs, and finally decide a monk who worships our Xigeng faction, all in all, let's ensure that the top five are either Liuzhou monks, or four Liuzhou monks plus one monk from other states, the above is the charter of this entrance competition. ”
"However, taking the opportunity of this joining competition, Poor Dao also has a few words to say to everyone. Although we monks are fighting against the heavens, we live a life of asceticism, unlike mediocre mortals who run around all day long for food, clothing, shelter and transportation. There is a way that those who eat qi are gods and live, and those who do not eat are not dead and gods, you are now all in the realm of advancement, and you have to eat some mortal blood food, as your cultivation is getting higher and higher, you can gradually get rid of the shackles of three meals a day. Therefore, it seems that we monks are detached from the world and live a leisurely life, but in fact, although we are out of the mundane world, we cannot ignore the mortals. How did we monks come here? That is all mortals who awakened the dantian after taking the Jueyuan Pill, no one can be born to become a monk, as the so-called skin does not have hair will be attached, if we don't care about the life or death of mortals, for example, if there is a serious plague, and the mortals in our Liuzhou are seven or eight out of ten dead, then the advanced monks in Liuzhou who will awaken their vitality in the future will also be correspondingly less than half. In this way, I am afraid that our Xigeng faction will recruit fewer and fewer disciples, and under such a vicious circle, I am afraid that the strength of the Liuzhou Xiuzhen Realm will become weaker and weaker, and gradually it will either be annexed by the Xiuzhen Realm of other states, or it will become a vassal of other states. Therefore, since we occupy the water and soil of this side, then we must assume the responsibility of protecting the people of one side, if any of you worship our Xigeng faction, you will know that our Xigeng faction monks in addition to their own pursuit of the way of immortality, they also have to shoulder the responsibility of relieving the suffering in our Liuzhou on weekdays. If our Xigeng faction does not have the opportunity to admit you as a disciple, then please also remember what Poor Dao said today, do not ask everyone to be able to do good deeds every day, but for the folk suffering that you have seen and heard, please also lend a helping hand, after all, the suffering of mortals is mostly a gesture for our monks. Poor Dao thanked me in advance here. With that, Daoist Xiyun made a deep gesture towards the monks.
"Don't dare, don't dare, what is the Taoist chief doing. ”
"Helping the needy is what we should do. ”
"The Taoist chief is compassionate and heartfelt, and we are deeply moved. ”
Everyone was gossiping for a while, and Chen Peng was also a little stunned at the moment. After he woke up, he felt that the people of this world were a little uncomfortable, which was different from what he saw and heard in his awakening dream. For example, the world today can be said to be an agrarian society, but in the past few years, we have never heard of any natural disasters such as drought and locust plague that caused farmers to fail to harvest, nor have we seen any plagues rampant or displacement. He hadn't particularly thought about the reasons behind these things, but at this time, the words of Daoist Xigeng seemed to see the sun, which made him suddenly realize in his heart that behind these phenomena, there must be the help of the Xigeng faction.
That's right, so that the social structure is a stable structure, and the mortal masses are like the bottom base of a pyramid, and the monks are the spire of the pyramid. Chen Peng's heart suddenly had a clear understanding of some of the words he had seen before, in the world of awakening dreams, the ancient Chinese officials were called shepherding the people, and the most common clergy in the Western world was called priests, which meant that the people were like grazing cattle and sheep. At this time, if you think about it, it is really the case, the herdsmen do not want them to get sick and starve, not for the happiness of the cattle and sheep, but have their own purpose, and ultimately to eat meat, drink milk, and gather wool. And the main purpose of the Xigeng faction to help the people is probably not to cause their own sect to have a weak successor, and in the end they can only become vassals of other Xiuzhen forces. However, even so, it will not reduce Chen Peng's good impression of the Xigeng faction at this moment, there are very few people in this world who are not self-interested and specialize in benefiting others, there is a selfish side in human nature, stupid people do things that harm others and benefit themselves, smart people do mutually beneficial things, and things that only benefit others and are not beneficial to themselves or only benefit themselves and are not good for others can not last long. Although the purpose of the Xigeng faction is for itself, there are various means to achieve an end, and there is not only one way to go, and the Xigeng faction has chosen a path of doing good and benefiting the people of Liuzhou is also an indisputable fact.
"Okay, the poor road is all about it, as the saying goes, it is easier to know than done, and the poor road should also be encouraged with all the kings in the future. Next, let's get back to business, most of you have participated in the preliminary examinations of various counties, and our charter is naturally based on the gourd," Xiyun Dao Chang said and pointed to a porcelain vase on the table on the side of the trial ground, "There are sixty-four tips in this porcelain bottle, and the numbers in the bags are from one to three, you draw lots first, and those who catch the same number will be opponents of each other in the first round, so please do it." ”
As soon as the words of the head of the Xiyun Dao fell, many monks ran in the direction of the table on the side of the field, and immediately a group of people crowded on the edge of the table waiting to draw lots. However, Chen Peng, as a science student, is naturally clear about the problem of this probability, and there is actually no difference at all between first and then catch, and the probability of drawing any number is the same. Besides, even if you draw the previous numbers and rest for a while, it may not be really cheap, after all, even the monk who took the last test can rest for a night, and no matter how tired he is, it is enough to recover.
That's the way it is, the more anxious and chaotic, the more chaotic and slow, the slower and more urgent, if everyone is calmly lined up, one by one to draw lots will be a little faster, like such a messy headless fly now, I'm afraid I don't know how long it will be delayed.