"Kill!"

A cold drink came from the sea of chaos.

This is the voice of the Tongtian Sect Master, extremely cold and fierce.

He clenched the Qingying Sword in his hand, and the four swords around him shook together, bursting out with immeasurable Heavenly Dao killing power.

In an instant, the void of this vast world shattered.

There was a terrible sound from the friction of the space debris, like a howl of a terrible ghost for eternity.

"Boom!"

The might of the two saints collided fiercely.

The runes splashed, and the fragments of countless Great Dao Laws flew up and down, like butterflies piercing flowers.

Yuan Shi Tianzun hesitated slightly, and finally withdrew the three treasure jade ruyi.

"What, this is a confession?"

The Tongtian Sect Master sensed Yuan Shi Tianzun's hesitation, pursed his lips with some interest, and then held the Qingping Sword and swung it out, directly breaking the vast world within the Chaos Bead, and then walked away.

Yuan Shi Tianzun didn't chase it, but just watched the sky go away.

With the destruction of the world within the Chaos Bead, the earth, water, fire, and wind gushed out, causing this vast world to return to a state of chaos.

Yuan Shi Tianzun smiled faintly, and the heavenly clouds above his head also disappeared.

He reappeared in the sky above Kunlun Mountain, and then in the distance, a Nine Dragons Agarwood Wheel slowly flew in, carrying him to Daluo Mountain to meet the Taiqing Sage.

Daluo Mountain is located in the northwest of Nanganbu Continent, which is a blessed land of the first class of flood famine.

The peak of the fairy peak here is dangerous, the mountain Cui Wei, the slope is born Ruicao, and the ground grows Ganoderma lucidum.

The strange pine Pangu top, the treasure tree reflects the sand embankment.

The mountains are high and the red sun is approaching, and the stream is wide and the water flow is low.

At the moment, in the Eight Views Palace of Xuandu Cave.

The Taiqing sage was wearing a plain Taoist robe, his hair was pulled up, and a wooden hairpin was inserted, sitting upright on the futon, reciting the Taoist scriptures silently while refining the Nine Turns Purple Gold Pill.

Although the three Qings all worship Hongjun Daozu as their teachers, the three Qings have their own strengths.

The Shangqing Tongtian Sect Master is good at the formation, the Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun is good at the way of refining, and the Taiqing Daode Tianzun is good at the way of alchemy.

In addition to the Great Dao of Enlightenment, the main energy of this Taiqing sage was on alchemy.

The elixir he refined was known as a superb elixir in the flood wilderness.

Each one can attract countless immortals to compete with each other.

At this moment, he was at the critical moment of alchemy, and suddenly his heart moved, and he had a sense of whim, and called two boys who were looking at the fire fan stove and said: "There are distinguished guests coming to the door, and the two of you will go to the door to greet you." ”

The two boys glanced at each other, quickly put down the work in their hands and ran out.

After a while, the two boys ran back and said respectfully, "Master Qiqi, the second master is here." ”

At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the door.

"I've seen my brother!"

The Taiqing Saint opened his eyes and saw that Yuan Shi Tianzun was already standing at the door, looking at him with a solemn expression.

"You two stand down."

The Taiqing Sage looked at the two boys and commanded softly.

"Yes, sir."

The two little boys hurriedly bowed and retired.

"Come and see me in such a hurry, but what happened?" The Taiqing Sage stood up, looked at Yuan Shi Tianzun and said, "If you have time, come in first to speak." ”

With that, he stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.

Yuan Shi Tianzun hesitated for a moment, but still walked into the main hall of the Taiqing Sage.

The two of them sat cross-legged on the futon, and then the Taiqing sage asked, "Tell me, what happened?" ”

"It's a long story, and I haven't figured out how to tell you yet."

When Yuan Shi Tianzun spoke, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was considering how to talk to him.

"It's okay!"

The Taiqing Sage smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, you can just say it!" ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun thought about it, but decided to start from the source.

He started with the incident of the Tongtian Sect Master's door, and told his story in detail, including his speculation about the previous state of the Tongtian Sect Master, and the fact that he allowed the latter to break through the vast world within the Chaos Bead and then walked away.

"What?"

The Taiqing Sage, who had always been calm and indifferent, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he heard what had happened.

His eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a moment, he raised his head and wondered: "Senior Brother Tongtian is a Heavenly Dao Meritorious Saint, although he has not completely cut out the three corpses, but with his Dao deeds, how could he suddenly be devoured by the evil corpses?" Even his true heart was suppressed by the evil corpse?

There must be something else hidden in this matter! ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun nodded and said, "I think so too. This time, he went to the chaos outside the sky to run for his apprentice grandson, but when he came back, he wanted to hunt down and kill that Yu Yuan!

If it weren't for the fact that Yu Yuan was full of bad water and led Tongtian to Kunlun Mountain, plus he had the Chaos Bell to protect him, I am afraid that he would have fallen under Tongtian's hands!

What is going on here, I'm afraid only they know. ”

The Taiqing Sage sighed, his face quite complicated.

"The living beings in the world, whether they are ordinary people, or the seeds of immortals, or even saints such as us, all have the three poisons of greed, ignorance, hatred, and hatred, and at the same time, they also have the three virtues of truth, goodness, and beauty! The method of beheading the three corpses taught by the master is that when you cultivate to a certain level, you can condense the three poisons of greed, ignorance, hatred and hatred into the body of evil thoughts, and condense the three virtues of truth, goodness and beauty into the body of good thoughts.

Both good and evil are part of who we are.

Cutting off the two corpses of good and evil can allow me to see the nature of my heart and see the avenue, and at the same time, I can see my own obsession more clearly.

In the end, he cut out the self, so that he is in harmony with the Dao, without desire, without desire, without good and evil, and only one Dao heart is left clear and clear, and finally sanctification.

It's a pity that except for the old man who respected him, no one else was able to reach such a realm.

Even I ended up choosing the path of sanctification. ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun nodded sympathetically.

At the beginning, they practiced the method of beheading three corpses and preaching, and the Taiqing sage was far ahead, and the good corpse, the evil corpse, and the self corpse were all cut out, but in the final part of the preaching, he had no clue, and finally after Nuwa Niangniang created a person and became holy, he realized the method of merit sanctification.

After several rounds of deliberation, he finally gave up the method of beheading three corpses and chose the path of merit and sanctification.

"Good, evil, and obsession are important factors that make up the soul of a living being."

The Taiqing sage continued: "At the beginning, when the master preached, I felt the difficulties of sentient beings, so I chose to travel through the wilderness and measure every inch of land in the world with my feet.

Later, I realized that the evil thoughts of sentient beings were too deep.

Arrogance, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed...... No matter how much I try to guide them, they will eventually go further and further aside.

The weak are weak and selfish, and the strong are arrogant and greedy.

The good are oppressed, and the wicked are unscrupulous.

When I traveled through the wilderness, I saw that there were too many strong people who were causing disaster to the world, so I thought of countering evil with evil, and using force to stop them, so as not to destroy the lives of the people.

However, in the end, I found that it was all in vain.

Because the evil thoughts of sentient beings will not disappear at all, but will only continue to expand and shift.

When the weak become the strong, the good becomes evil.

Where there is power, there will be desire, and where there is desire, evil will inevitably breed. ”

Speaking of this, the Taiqing Sage's voice became low, and the expression on his face became more solemn.

"At that time, I thought that maybe there was a way for sentient beings to stop being bothered by good and bad thoughts, and that was to let them be satisfied with everything they had, and to immerse themselves in pleasure forever, all of them alike, so that there would be no more strong and weak differences, and there would be no greed, laziness, and so on."

Hearing this, Yuan Shi Tianzun couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in surprise: "Isn't this the so-called Pure Land of Bliss in the Western Sect?" ”

"Not bad."

The Taiqing Sage said lightly: "I have also embarked on this path. But in the end, I found that instead of being as happy as I had hoped, even their desires were not satisfied, but they were always craving something more.

This is because there is always a 'self' at work in their hearts, and this 'self' will expand infinitely and can never be satisfied.

But this 'self' I can't annihilate them!

Because once there is no 'self', these beings are no longer real beings, but just objects! ”

After listening to the words of the Taiqing Sage, Yuan Shi Tianzun looked at him thoughtfully and said, "No wonder my brother will abandon the method of beheading three corpses that is only the last step away, and change to the path of merit and sanctification at the last moment.

At that time, Tongtian and I still couldn't understand my brother's decision, and it was only because you saw that Senior Sister Nuwa was one step ahead of her in becoming holy, so you were unwilling...... Now it seems that I underestimated my brother. ”

The Taiqing sage sighed softly and said, "The road of beheading three corpses, I really can't get through. It is acceptable for me to cut off the two thoughts of good and evil, but it is difficult for me to accept the idea of cutting off my own self...... Without ego, am I still me? ”

"Hiss~"

Yuan Shi Tianzun suddenly gasped, and looked at the Taiqing Sage in surprise: "According to my brother's meaning, the master respects his old man's ......."

Before he could finish speaking, the Taiqing Sage shook his head, "Don't be cranky. ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun's heart fluctuated.

How could he not be cranky?

The Taiqing sage had never told him these things before, and his practice in the method of beheading three corpses and preaching the Tao was similar to that of Tongtian, both of which were at the level of beheading two corpses, and after the enlightenment and sanctification, the two corpses of good and evil were also dispersed, so that good and evil thoughts returned to themselves.

In other words, he didn't have the same profound understanding of the method of beheading three corpses as a saint, and he didn't know that he needed to cut off himself in the end!

If the Taiqing Sage did not lie, and his judgment of the method of beheading three corpses and preaching the Tao was correct, then wouldn't it mean that the Hongjun Daoist who created the method of beheading the three corpses and successfully achieved sanctification had already cut off his "self"?

Wrong!

If that's the case, then he should be like what the Taiqing Sage said, a "tool" without autonomous consciousness!

However, they had gone to Zixiao Palace several times before, and the Hongjun Dao Ancestor they had seen was still the same as before they became sanctified.

Of course, it's not accurate to say the same.

Because soon after Hongjun Dao Ancestor became holy, he became a part of the Dao of Heaven with his body.

In a sense, Hongjun Dao Ancestor is the Hongjun Heavenly Dao, and the Honghuang Heavenly Dao is the Hongjun Dao Ancestor!

He made the Heavenly Dao of the Flood Desolate more perfect, and he also had consciousness.

Yuan Shi Tianzun had many thoughts in his heart, and finally turned into an obscure look at the Taiqing Sage.

"Brother, in this situation, are you and I going to go to Zixiao Palace?"

"Why did you go to Zixiao Palace?"

The Taiqing Sage asked rhetorically, looking extremely calm in Yuan Shi Tianzun's puzzled gaze, and said with a smile: "What should I do, the sky can't fall." ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun frowned when he heard this.

The Taiqing Sage still had that indifferent expression on his face, as if the sky had nothing to do with him.

Yuan Shi Tianzun couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother really can see it." ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but ask: "Since the old man sent down the Dharma decree and ordered the three sects to be consecrated as gods, I have never sensed the change in the number of days, I wonder if you are like this, brother?" ”

This is a secret that he has always hidden in his heart, and it is rare to reveal it today.

After all, for him, what he pursues is to follow the way of heaven and expound the principles of heaven.

Explainer, edify!

The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost; The way of man is to lose less and give more than enough; The way of exposition is to teach humanity according to the way of heaven.

The way of heaven is my way, the heart of heaven is my heart, and my will is the will of heaven!

The way of expounding the teachings is by no means to act as a puppet of the Heavenly Dao, but to grasp the final right to speak in the Heavenly Dao.

What is the Heavenly Dao?

I've got the final say!

But this is the ultimate avenue, and for now he still needs to figure out the will of heaven and obey the will of heaven in order to be invincible.

However, during this period of time, he could no longer sense the change in the number of days.

At first, he only thought that it was the reason why the calamity qi permeated the heavens and the earth, but at this moment, hearing the words of the Taiqing Sage, coupled with the changes in the Tongtian Sect Master, he inevitably had some more thoughts in his heart.

"The so-called number of days is the will of heaven!"

At this time, the Taiqing sage said lightly: "When heaven and earth first opened, the way of heaven did not exist, only the 'Tao' was attached to heaven and earth. Later, the Heavenly Dao was slowly born, which was derived from the 'Dao', so the will of the Heavenly Dao is the will of the 'Dao'. ”

Speaking of this, the Taiqing Sage sighed softly, "Is your way of interpretation to obey the heavens and be the 'spokesperson of the heavens' recognized by the heavens?" ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun bowed slightly, but did not speak.

The Taiqing Sage continued: "The heart of heaven is unpredictable, the power of heaven is difficult to understand, if the will of heaven is always in the hands of saints such as you and me, it is equivalent to losing all means and no longer has any deterrent power.

At that time, will the Heavenly Dao still be the supreme Heavenly Dao? ”

"This ......"

Yuan Shi Tianzun's mind turned sharply, and he only felt that he had gained a lot today.

It seems that because of what happened to Tongtian, the always indifferent Taiqing saint also rarely revealed a lot of mysteries.

Even if he is as arrogant as him, he has to secretly admire.

This elder brother is worthy of being the head of the Three Qings, and he is also the most powerful existence among the Six Sages.

Although he was a little reluctant to admit it, Yuan Shi Tianzun still clearly felt the gap between himself and this brother, and it didn't seem to be small.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shi Tianzun looked at the Taiqing Sage Zhengse and said, "Thank you brother for your guidance today." Now that the Great Shang is about to fall, and Tongtian has also had an accident, it is the best time to complete the great cause of the gods.

I want to take advantage of the civil strife in the sect to complete the matter of sealing the gods as soon as possible.

After waiting for the prosperity of the business, then use the Pangu Banner and Taijitu to suppress the flood famine, and then use the aura of the heavens and gods to protect the Three Realms, so that you can clear the calamity and calamity in one fell swoop, and let the flood restore the Qingming and prosperous times. ”

"There are still decades left in the Great Shang Guozuo, if you want to cut it down in advance, I'm afraid it may not be a good thing."

The Taiqing Saint frowned slightly, and said lightly: "But right now, the Sect Interception Sect has no leader, which is indeed a rare opportunity for you, so that it can also avoid the two sects from breaking the net...... It's just that after returning to the roots, I'm afraid I'm going to have another fight with you. ”

"His sect is hiding filth and filth, and he deserves to be robbed!" Yuan Shi Tianzun Zhengse said: "My move is also to resolve the calamity as soon as possible and sort out the calamity, if he can't understand it, what does it matter if I understand his Zhuxian Sword Array?" ”

Hearing this, the Taiqing Sage's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at Yuan Shi Tianzun and said: "Master Venerable once said that the Zhuxian Sword Array is unbreakable if it is not the Four Saints, could it be that you have already won the two Western Sages?" ”

"I can't hide it from my brother!"

Yuan Shi Tianzun smiled and bowed, and said: "If that Tongtian really doesn't know what to do and put down the Zhuxian Sword Array, then I will ask my brother to help me." ”

He said this with a look of determination and no hesitation.

Obviously, it has been deduced many times, and everything has already been calculated.

At the same time, it can be said that I have already made up my mind!

Even if he teamed up with the two outsiders of the Two Saints of the West, he would defeat Tongtian!

"Alas......"

The Taiqing Sage was silent for a moment, sighed a little helplessly, and finally nodded, "If there is any difficulty when cutting down merchants, I will send someone to help at that time." ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun's face suddenly turned happy when he heard this, "Then thank you brother." ”

The two saints chatted a few more words, and then Yuan Shi Tianzun took his leave under the pretext of excuse and left.

Soon, he returned to the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain.

At this moment, all the disciples of the Exposition Sect were all alarmed by the big fuss of the Tongtian Sect Master, and they gathered around the Jade Void Palace with anxiety, and many disciples had anxious expressions on their faces.

It wasn't until they saw the Nine Dragons Agarwood Wheel descending from the sky that all the disciples relaxed and gathered around to salute.

Yuan Shi Tianzun didn't explain anything about the previous matter, but only lightly reminded that the battle of the Warriors was about to begin, and let the disciples go and prepare separately.

Although the disciples didn't know why they were suddenly advanced, they didn't ask much when they saw that he didn't mean to say much, and they bowed one after another and left, and went to prepare according to his instructions.

Yuan Shi Tianzun returned to the Yuxu Palace, and immediately recruited the White Crane Boy and ordered him to go to Xiqi to pass the order.

The white crane boy received the order, and immediately drove the auspicious clouds and flew in the direction of Xiqi.

Not long after, a white crane fell from the sky and landed on the mountain road outside Xiqi City, its wings spread out, standing against the wind, four or five feet high.

When the people saw this, they were only auspicious, and they were pleasantly surprised.

I saw that the white crane had a jade slip in his mouth, chirped twice, and then flew straight into Xiqi City.

At this time, in the Xiqi Prime Minister's Mansion, Jiang Ziya, the youngest disciple of the sage of the exposition, was writing in the tent and writing a plan for the reform of the army.

Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Shang.

His ancestors were officials of the four mountains, and assisted Xia Yu in managing water and soil.

Shun and Yu were sealed in Lu Di, so they are also called Lu Shang.

When he was born, his family was in ruins.

But fortunately, he has a good fortune and is also smart, and he was favored by a passing exposition sect and brought back to Kunlun Mountain to learn the Tao, and then he was unexpectedly favored by Yuan Shi Tianzun and became a disciple of a saint.

It is difficult to find the same example of such a strange fate throughout the ages.

However, although Jiang Ziya can be regarded as a step to the sky, he is also distressed in his heart.

Because after he apprenticed, the sage did not teach him how to cultivate the Tao and alchemy, but just let the Antarctic Immortal Weng teach him some superficial qi gathering kung fu at will, but instead threw a large number of military books and strategies to him to read.

During his days in Kunlun Mountain, most of the time was not in cultivation, but in learning the art of war and learning to govern the country.

At first, he was still very puzzled, saying that he was a saint disciple, what was the use of learning these things?

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for him to be sent down the mountain by the sage master and ordered him to come to Xiqi to assist Xibo Hou Jichang.

Jiang Ziya didn't dare to disobey the sage's decree, but he also had his own careful thoughts.

He took advantage of the fact that he was nameless and pointless, and he didn't even know what Xibo Hou Jichang looked like, and went to Weishui to live a secluded life.

Every day, I cut wood and fish in exchange for some food, and when I am free, I collect qi and cultivate, and my life is also happy.

It didn't take long for rumors about him to leak out.

said that he was a great sage from heaven, a living immortal, and so on.

It just so happened that Xibohou Jichang was a thirsty monarch, and when he heard that there was a reclusive sage here, he came to visit him in the name of hunting, and then he met Jiang Ziya.

At first sight, Ji Chang decided that Jiang Ziya was the auxiliary minister who achieved the overlord's career.

When Jiang Ziya saw this, he knew that this was the destiny of heaven.

It is his mission to assist Da Zhou to replace Da Shang!

Therefore, he also gladly accepted the invitation of Xibohou Jichang and became the prime minister of Xiqi, and immediately implemented drastic reforms after taking over power.

He assisted Ji Chang to accumulate virtue and cultivate virtue, and to be enlightened and benevolent.

Externally, Ji Chang contacted other vassal states that were not very satisfied with the Great Shang to pay tribute to him, thus making the newly enthroned Shang King Emperor Xin relax his vigilance against Xiqi; Internally, it is necessary to set a policy of loving the people, doing things that benefit the people, actively advocating production, and training soldiers and horses.

He also pursued the policy of respecting merit and meritorious, and used the strengths of those who passed the examination and met the criteria for selecting merit, regardless of relatives or neglect, and gave full play to their positive creativity.

To put it simply, it is to select talented people to be officials.

This policy of "appointing people on the basis of merit" broke the shackles of Xiqi's ideological shackles of "respecting relatives and relatives" based on blood relations, which attracted a lot of backlash, but they were all suppressed by him.

The benefits of such a policy were enormous, and in a short period of time, a large number of talents from other tribes were recruited to join Xiqi, allowing them to play their due role in national construction.

During the years that Jiang Ziya was in charge of Xiqi, the national strength of the entire Xiqi was booming, and the population, military territory, etc. were growing at a very fast rate.

He also suggested that Xibo Marquis Jichang exercise the power of the chief of the princes, crusade against those princes who did not respect the order, and further establish his own majesty, so that all the surrounding princes secretly took refuge in Xiqi.

"Uncle Shi!"

Although the White Crane Boy is profound, and Jiang Ziya has not even cultivated the Immortal Dao, when the White Crane Boy saw Jiang Ziya, he still saluted for the first time, and said: "Uncle Qiqi, the disciple came to the decree of the master of the sect, and ordered Uncle Shi to immediately prepare for war and crusade against the great merchant as soon as possible!" ”

"Crusade against the Great Merchants, now?" Jiang Ziya couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

According to his plan, now is far from a good time to crusade against the big merchants.

Moreover, the last time the sage master ordered the White Crane Boy to send him the Four Disagreements, he also said that he would provoke a fight between the Great Shang and Linzhuanguan, so that Xiqi could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

How long has it been, and why did you change your strategy?

And so eager?

However, the White Crane Boy would not have lied or misinformed him in this matter.

Now that the master is in charge, he is ordered to crusade against Dashang as soon as possible, and it should not be without a target.

At this point, Jiang Ziya looked at the white crane boy and asked curiously, "Has the master said the reason?" ”

"Uncle Hui, the master didn't mention the reason, just let me tell you and order you to raise troops to recruit Dashang!" The white crane boy shook his head and said with some hesitation: "But ......"

"But what?"

Jiang Ziya asked curiously.

The white crane boy hesitated for a moment, but still said with a straight face: "Uncle Shi is not an outsider, so the disciple will tell you." Before the master of the sect ordered me to give the order, the sage master of the sect had been to our Kunlun Mountain, and it seemed that he had a fight with the master of the sect......"

He briefly recounted what he saw.

It's no secret either.

After all, the movement was too big at that time, and basically the main peak of Kunlun Mountain could be heard clearly within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.

"So that's ......" Jiang Ziya pondered for a long time, and said: "At present, since Emperor Xin, the Shang king, has become more and more absurd since he forced Yizhou Hou and forcibly married Su Daji, and the princes of the eight hundred roads in the world are complaining, and I have heard about it."

It's not impossible to send troops to attack merchants now.

It's just that Xiqi is thousands of miles away from the big merchants, and the army is trekking through mountains and rivers, which requires a lot of grain and grass to be burdened, and if it encounters the main army of the big merchants, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist.

Besides, as far as I know, the Great Shang now has an army of nearly 500,000 troops, stationed near Chaoge, ready to support the front line, and we currently have only 300 military chariots, more than 3,000 warriors, 45,000 armor soldiers, and 15,000 horsemen......

Even if you count the army of those princes under your command, you can't make up the number of 100,000!

With such a big gap in forces, how can it be an opponent? ”

"Uncle Shi doesn't know anything, the master has already made arrangements." The white crane boy Zhengse said: "Every time the army reaches a pass, someone will come to help. ”

"I see." Jiang Ziya nodded knowingly.

He knew that the sealing of the gods by the merchants was a great cause of teaching, not his own business, and some things did not need him to worry about.

He just needs to do his part.

Other things, his saint master must have already been arranged.

As for whether the 100,000 army can directly smash Huanglong and capture Chaoge, that is no longer something he needs to consider.

It's like the 30,000 newly trained soldiers in Linzhuanguan to resist the 300,000 elites of the Great Shang.

No matter how impossible things are, they can happen with the intervention of external forces.

Having said that, Jiang Ziya's heart was still a little uneasy.

He felt that he was still in too much of a hurry.

Xiqi's national strength is not enough to compete with the big merchants.

Besides, the competition between the snipe and the clam is easy for the fisherman to profit!

(End of chapter)