Chapter 257: Shenxiao Palace's Lingsu True Person
Mortals don't care about the gods and immortals, no matter when the era of Buddhism ends, mortals' lives are almost like that. Regardless of the incense dispute between the gods and Buddhas, everyone looked at how much food was left in their bowls.
Those who really feel this cultivation battle must at least be the powerful people of the imperial court.
Recently, there have been a lot more monks in the capital. In the families of dignitaries and nobles, there are always one or two worldly masters who eat and drink together.
Some may just be charlatans who have learned two tricks, but there are also quite a few real masters.
Master Pang's Mansion has been particularly lively recently, and the number of immortal chiefs from all walks of life who have come to the door has exceeded double digits. Their goals are very simple, they want to replicate the route of Qiansuzi and become a national teacher in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Everyone knows that when the previous national teacher was in power, he tried his best to shake the status of this old minister.
In the end, the national teacher was gone, and the legend was that the Daoran holy monk made a move, but how it was, it can only be said that the legend is inconclusive. But no matter how much the Dao Ran Holy Monk played a role in bringing down the National Teacher, Pang Taishi was still the Optimus Pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he relied more on Pang Taishi, making him truly a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person.
At this critical time, if you want to grab the faith of all the people in the world, the easiest way is to become the national teacher of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the most effective way to be a national teacher is to get the approval of Pang Taishi, and with his help to be the national teacher, you will be able to get nine out of ten.
Of course, normal people know that it is difficult to impress Pang Taishi. He is now a supreme minister, how can he agree to share power with multiple national teachers. But it never hurts to give it a try, maybe you can use some method to impress Master Pang?
As a result, there have been a lot of high-ranking people visiting Master Pang's Mansion recently, and what is surprising is that these cultivators who came to the door not only did not eat the closed door, but all of them were warmly entertained by Master Pang. Regarding the request of these cultivators to become national teachers, Master Pang also responded happily, and he did not refuse a mouthful.
In this way, there are more and more cultivators who follow the path of Master Pang.
On this day, Pang Yuan, the chief administrator of Taishi Mansion, who had just sent away a Taoist priest who claimed to be from Penglai Immortal Island, sent the life-prolonging pill he sent to Pang Taishi.
Master Pang pinched the elixir in his hand, sniffed it gently, and then casually threw it aside, and said to Pang Yuan, "It's just a tonic that makes people mentally healthy, and they dare to boast that it is an elixir that prolongs life, and these people who have come recently are getting closer and closer to liars."
"Taishi, then this Dao Elder ......," Pang Yuan asked.
"Those who don't learn and don't know how to do it, just send it away. By the way, bring me the copy of "Five Ghost Carrying Method" from the previous two days, and in a few days, I may be even more powerful than this liar."
Pang Yuan picked up the pill, not daring to doubt Master Pang's words.
Recently, Master Pang has been studying Taoist books and Buddhist scriptures, and seems to be studying the path of cultivation. A few days ago, he also saw Master Pang studying the "Dan Sutra", which seemed to have been found from the collection of the former national teacher Qiansuzi.
For Pang Yuan, Taishi is a celestial, and it is not strange that he can learn these immortal methods. Although this elixir does not have the effect of prolonging life, it is also a good thing for ordinary people, and he is going to put the elixir in the treasury in case of emergency.
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It's just that these days, there are too many cultivators who send pills and treasures, and the warehouses of Taishifu are a little unable to fit them. This "Five Ghost Carrying Method" was left by one of the practitioners, as well as magic weapons such as the peach wood sword and the vajra bell to ward off evil spirits.
It seems that the Taishi Mansion has taken a big advantage, after all, the things sent by the cultivators must be much better than ordinary things. But Pang Yuan was not very happy, he felt that Pang Taishi was playing with fire, because he knew that Pang Taishi had no intention of establishing a national teacher at all, he just used the procrastination trick to fool these cultivators, making them bump into them like moths to fire, leaving a bunch of treasures.
This kind of operation seems to make a lot of money, but if you continue to play like this, it is easy to provoke public anger.
One cultivator is nothing, if a group of cultivators have to deal with Master Pang, then I am afraid it will not be easy to deal with.
But Pang Yuan didn't dare to persuade him, Pang Taishi has become more and more moody these days, and some servants have been beaten to death by him himself.
Pang Yuan didn't understand either, Du Jiu
The ten-year-old man, no matter how strong he had the strength to beat people to the point of breaking flesh and blood, Pang Yuan didn't dare to take a closer look.
Although he was uneasy, Pang Yuan had no choice, he was already firmly bound to the Taishi Mansion, and he couldn't leave this place for the rest of his life.
Sending the cheats that Master Pang asked for, Pang Yuan hurriedly retreated.
Looking at the gloomy sky overhead, Pang Yuan thought to himself, "Perhaps, I will also go to the temple tomorrow to make incense?"
Speaking of incense, all the Taoist temples in the capital have been flourishing recently. Probably because there are more cultivators in Beijing, magical spells that used to be passed down by word of mouth have become seen with their own eyes. Originally, people who didn't pray to God and worship Buddha had a lot more thoughts of asking God for protection, which naturally made those Taoist Buddhist temples make a lot of money.
"Recently, the most famous seems to be the newly built Shenxiao Palace, and there is also a Mahabodhi Temple, I heard that it is a temple from Tianzhu. Monk or Taoist, which one should you choose?"
Pang Yuan fell into deep thought, he didn't have any belief in the original, Buddhism and Taoism are the same for him, and he can believe in whichever is useful. I really couldn't make up my mind, Pang Yuan decided to try both, anyway, it was to donate some sesame oil money, he didn't lack this money, he could ask for both, it was a double insurance.
Pang Yuan's mind is similar to that of most ordinary people living in the capital.
Adhering to the mentality that it doesn't matter if they believe in it, they will choose Taoist temples or temples to worship, and they don't need to read Taoist books and read Buddhist scriptures, as long as they get to the place, put down a little sesame oil money, and then pray to the tall statue and make a wish.
If your wish comes true, you will come back and make your wish. If you can't ask for it, you will curse a few words in your heart, and then try again in another place.
Shenxiao Palace is the most famous and effective Taoist temple recently.
Speaking of which, the origin of Shenxiao Palace is a bit special, it is a Taoist temple built on the site of Chongyang Temple. Chongyang Guan was originally the territory of the previous national teacher Qiansuzi, but after the war with Daoran, it was almost half abandoned.
The Lingsu Zhenren of Shenxiao Palace came to the capital, spent a lot of money, bought the ruins of the Chongyang Temple, and then waved his hand to restore the ruined Taoist Temple in full view, and it was even more magnificent than before.
With this miracle, Shenxiao Palace became famous in a short period of time and quickly became prosperous.
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However, this method did not keep the people chattering for long, and as more cultivators came to the capital, all kinds of magical spells were staged in turn. Someone can pinch fire into a dragon and reflect half of the sky at night; There are people who can turn stones into gold and distribute gold and silver in the streets; Someone can scatter beans into soldiers, and swagger through the market with heavenly soldiers and generals.
Shenxiao Palace was almost compared, but then a strange thing happened in Shenxiao Palace. I don't know what kind of skills the Lingsu real person used, which provoked a group of scholars to come to offer incense and pray for blessings.
There were nearly 30 people who offered incense, and they worshipped in front of the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch in the Immortal Palace for three days and three nights.
These scholars are all famous, once the capital is admitted to high school, it is a jinshi, it can be said that the fish leaps into the dragon gate, and since then it has been on the rise.
It is not strange for the scholars to pray to God and worship the Buddha before the exam, but it is quite rare to pray to God with such fanfare, and even the Hanlin of the Guozijian were alarmed.
Kneeling down for three days made these weak scholars almost unable to hold on, and many of them fell seriously ill after worshipping. Originally, the Hanlin Academy also wanted to report to Kaifeng Mansion and let them arrest this demon path that plagued the scholars.
Who would have thought that those scholars who had worshiped the Sanqing Patriarch said that they were fine, and they became deaf and clear, and their memory increased greatly. If they read one by one, if they have divine help, even the teachers of Guozijian are amazed.
What's even more shocking is that not long ago, the Beijing University Entrance Examination had just been released, and all of these thirty scholars were on the list, and all of them became second-class jinshi.
This can alarm all the dignitaries in the capital. There are only sixty second-class jinshi in total, and half of them are in the Shenxiao Palace.
Other means can be seen as if they were playing tricks, but if they can affect the miracles of the imperial examination, then they can't help but be unconcerned.
At the beginning, there were also officials of the imperial court who shouted to check the papers, thinking that these thirty people used some means to collectively cheat, and wanted to make them all cut in half at the entrance of the vegetable market. But after repeated inspections, and even another paper is re-examined, this
The thirty jinshi are still impeccable and are the real pillars.
In this way, the Shenxiao Palace became the real Immortal Palace.
No amount of seeking peace for a son can compare with the attraction of seeking wealth and fame. Shenxiao Palace has these thirty jinshi to advertise, and it immediately became the most famous Taoist temple in the capital, and there is naturally an endless stream of people who come to offer incense every day.
Later, some people said one after another that Shenxiao Palace's miracle, what came to seek wealth yesterday, and today when he went out, he picked up money, and there are more and more such stories, which makes Shenxiao Palace's fame more and more great.
At this time, Lingsu Zhenren was sitting on the top floor of the Shenxiao Palace, quietly meditating and practicing qi.
Suddenly, a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth appeared on the railing, and his light skills were so high that he was able to completely eliminate the sound of footsteps.
If Dao Ran is here, he can recognize this young man at a glance as the brocade mouse Bai Yutang who has not been seen for a long time.
Lingsu Zhenren didn't open his eyes, and asked vigorously, "How is it, have you found your junior sister?"
"Back to Master, I have been to the Thousand Lights River, but Xiaoqing has always avoided it." Bai Yutang said.
Lingsu Zhenren listened, his eyes opened slightly, and he snorted coldly.
Bai Yutang knew his master very well, which showed that he was really angry, and he was also anxious for Xiaoqing.
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Bai Yutang and Dao Ran met purely by chance, and they can be regarded as not knowing each other, but he was the one who was beaten. At that time, Xiaoqing forced him to be powerless with one hand, and he almost collapsed.
Later, Bai Yutang felt that Xiaoqing was a martial arts wizard, so he proposed to accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher, and let Xiaoqing worship Lingsu Zhenren as a teacher.
just encountered the old demon of Montenegro slaughtering the city, Bai Yutang knew that staying in Suzhou was just a problem, so he left with a few brothers and returned to Trap Island.
Bai Yutang mentioned this to his master Lingsu Zhenren, but Lingsu Zhenren did not agree at first. He has the truth and is not so easy to accept disciples.
Originally, Bai Yutang felt a little pity, if Xiaoqing's ability was able to apprentice, he would definitely be able to achieve great success. But Lingsu Zhenren was unwilling, and Bai Yutang couldn't force it, so he could only concentrate on hard work.
After seeing the power of the old demon of the Black Mountain, Bai Yutang finally understood the gap between mortals and monsters, and after some guidance from Daoran, the barrier in Bai Yutang's heart had already broken through. It didn't take long for Bai Yutang to break through the barrier between immortals and become a cultivator.
Lingsu Zhenren was naturally very happy to find that Bai Yutang had made a breakthrough, so he carefully asked what happened to Bai Yutang.
After listening to Bai Yutang's words about what he had seen and heard in Suzhou City, Lingsu Zhenren said, "Since this Dao Ran Master has the grace of guiding you, it is not impossible to accept his sister."
Bai Yutang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Dao Ran and Xiaoqing. It didn't take long to hear that Daoran had made a lot of noise in the capital, and even the national teacher was killed by him.
Bai Yutang shouted that it was a pity, such an earth-shattering event, he completely missed it, this is an opportunity to leave a name in history.
Since he knew that Daoran and Xiaoqing were in the capital, Bai Yutang hurriedly wanted to go to Beijing with Lingsu Zhenren.
The master and apprentice finally arrived in the capital, and at that time, Daoran had already gone to Lingshan, but Lingsu Zhenren did not take the initiative to find Xiaoqing.
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It really made Lingsu really speechless, he was already so famous, Xiaoqing hadn't even come to the door to apprentice. What's going on, and how can she sit still?
Lingsu Zhenren comforted himself at first, maybe Xiaoqing didn't dare to climb high, or he was carefully preparing for the apprenticeship, so he delayed so much time.
But in fact, Xiaoqing has long forgotten about apprenticeship.
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In Xiaoqing's memory, Bai Yutang only had the impression of wearing white clothes and taking her shopping on the street, and the rest was forgotten, she didn't even remember Bai Yutang's name.
Xiaoqing has eaten peaches, and the dark diseases on her body have long been cured, and she can't wait to lie down at the bottom of the Qiandeng River every day to sleep, wake up and eat, eat and sleep, and be a happy little green snake.
In this case, how could Xiaoqing take the initiative to come over to apprentice, even Bai Suzhen couldn't do anything about this lazy snake.
Lingsu Zhenren couldn't sit still, thinking that this little girl was too rude, so he asked Bai Yutang to inquire about Xiaoqing's situation to see if she really didn't want to apprentice, or if there was another reason.
Who would have thought that Bai Yutang didn't even see anyone.
In fact, Xiaoqing can't be blamed for being ruthless, in fact, Xiaoqing didn't know that someone was looking for him. Because there are countless sons and brothers in Qiandeng River who come to see the girls every day, the most popular is Dong Xiaowan, everyone knows that she is not married yet, and she is a rich party, and there are many people who pursue her.
Xiaoqing is also well-known to many people because she occasionally goes shopping with Dong Xiaowan and them, and with Xiaoqing's appearance and innocent and delicate personality, she can naturally attract a lot of wild bees and butterflies.
Therefore, Bai Yutang's acquaintance, who thought he was Xiaoqing, came to the door, and the few guards who were in charge of conveying it directly sent him away with a few perfunctory words. There are so many people who have used the trick of pretending to be acquaintances, and they don't bother to report it.
Bai Yutang ate the closed door, and could only come back in ashes.
Lingsu Zhenren was naturally unhappy, he never expected that he was already willing to accept apprentices, and the other party would be so arrogant.
"Hmph, I want to see how she dares to humiliate me like this!" Lingsu Zhenren said coldly.
The little monk is dedicated to returning to the world.
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