At this time, Shen Yuanzhong had to reply, "Returning to the sect master, there are naturally rules, since the establishment of the Taiping Sect, there are three volumes and ninety-six articles to inherit the rules of the predecessors, and the ancestors of later generations have successively added, deleted, and modified, so far there are three volumes and one volume with a total of 136 articles. ”

Compared with the more than 300 rules of the Qingwei Sect, the rules of the Taiping Sect are naturally much less, but they are also within the normal range, and the Qingwei Sect is really a special case.

Li Xuandu bowed his head slightly, and said, "It's good to have rules, who is in charge of the precepts in the sect now?"

Among the various sects, the person in charge of the law must be a high-ranking and powerful person, taking the Qing Weizong as an example, it is Li Yuanying who is in charge of the Tiangang Hall in charge of the punishment law.

Shen Yuanzhong replied: "Returning to the sect master, it is the old man who is in charge of this position. ”

"It turned out to be the Great Elder. Li Xuandu nodded, "Senior Sister Lu, it's up to you to talk about the previous matter." ”

"Yes. Mrs. Lu responded, got up from her seat, and said to Shen Yuanzhong: "Great Elder, just now in the Tianji Palace, I am fortunate that the junior brother has a lot of confrontation with the sect master in words, dare to ask what crime should be done?"

Shen Wuxing also stood up when he heard this, and said with a slight grievance: "Dad!"

"This is the Taiping Palace, there is no 'father', only my disciple of the Taiping Sect. Shen Yuanzhong said expressionlessly, "According to the laws of my Taiping Sect, those who contradict the sect master will be punished with reprimand, cane reprimand, debasement, and expulsion from the sect according to whether the circumstances are serious or not." The specific result should be decided by the suzerain. ”

The reason why the Great Elder can check and balance the sect master is that he is in charge of the discipline and punishment within the sect, and when necessary, the great elder can move out of the ancestral rules to force the sect master, and the sect master is indisputable, if the sect master is weak, he will even be given part of the authority by the great elder. Li Xuandu also understands this, so he first makes a fuss about Shen Wuxing, if Shen Yuan protects his son, it will be difficult to stand in the name of righteousness, and there will be no way to suppress Li Xuandu. It's just that to Li Xuandu's surprise, Shen Yuanzhong did not protect Shen Wuxing, he was very decisive, but let Li Xuandu look down on him.

Now Shen Yuanzhong has thrown the problem of dealing with Shen Wuxing to Li Xuandu, Li Xuandu wants to be powerful, if Li Xuandu is punished lightly, he will not be able to play the role of Liwei, but if the punishment is heavy, he will be said to be a big fuss, and his reputation will be damaged.

Li Xuandu also saw Shen Yuanzhong's intentions, and said: "I said, my time as sect master is still short, many things are still unclear, and the great elder wants to avoid suspicion, so it is inconvenient to speak, according to your opinion, how should I be punished?"

Mrs. Lu and Li Xuan were both prosperous and loss-making at this time, and without waiting for Xu Feibai and Yu Xian to speak, they took the initiative to say: "In addition to the sect master at that time, I was also present. In my opinion, just a reprimand seems too light, but if it is derogatory, it is too heavy. So how about twenty canes, not light or heavy?"

Yu Xian was about to open his mouth to object, but Shen Yuanzhong already agreed: "Okay, just follow what Madame said." Someone came, and Shen Wuxing was taken down to be punished. ”

Shen Wuxing's face was ashen, but he had nothing to say, got up from his seat, and followed the two Taiping Sect disciples who came in to the outside of the Taiping Palace.

For people in the rivers and lakes, they all have cultivation in their bodies, their physique is strong, and twenty cane scolding is not a heavy punishment, and for some people with strong physique, it is not even painful or itchy, so the key to cane scolding is not that trivial injury, but humiliation.

I saw that after Shen Wuxing came to the square outside the Taiping Palace, he knelt down on his knees, and his robe and middle clothes were taken off, exposing his back, and then three disciples who specialized in execution heard the news, two of them came behind him with iron rods, responsible for the execution, and the other was responsible for supervising and reporting the number, in addition, there were many disciples watching from afar.

This is already saving face for Shen Yuan, and it also takes into account Qin Su, Mrs. Lu and other women

If you are present, if you are not merciful, you will not take off your outer robe, but go directly to your clothes and spank.

No one in the Taiping Palace went to see the execution outside, and their expressions were different.

Li Xuandu said: "Cultivation is immortality, so the highest realm is called immortality, but whether it is immortal immortals or secular mortals, it is only a hundred years at most, throughout the ages, how many people have broken through the hundred-year mark and can stay in the world for a long time?"

Shen Yuanzhong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Back to the sect master, according to the records of the classics in the sect, there is Lu Zu from afar, and there is Qingxu Yuan Miao Zhenjun, the ancestor of the Shenxiao Kai Sect, all of whom are people who have stayed in the world for a long time. ”

Li Xuandu said: "These two are all true Dao ancestors, is there no one in my Taiping Dao?"

Shen Yuanzhong was silent, he vaguely felt that Li Xuandu had something to say, but he didn't know what Li Xuandu's intentions were.

Li Xuandu said again: "Nowadays, there is always a saying on the rivers and lakes that 'the next big game of chess', and it is said that now is the world of great contention, and the earth master, the great heavenly master, the great sword immortal, and the holy monarch are all on the chessboard countless times. I don't know who passed it on, but when it comes to these immortal earth immortals, I found a very interesting thing, the earth master is assisted by Wang Tianxiao, the great heavenly master is assisted by Zhang Jingshen, the great sword immortal is assisted by Zhang Haishi, and the holy monarch is assisted by the extreme heavenly king. Once upon a time, my Taiping Sect was also the deputy alliance leader of the twelve sects of the righteous path second only to the Zhengyi Sect, and there was a 'Taiping Worry-free' order flag, and it was also an opponent of the Yin and Yang Sect, and it did not fall behind. By the way, back then, the Taiping Sect also defeated the Qing Weizong in the Sanssouci Valley of Taiping Mountain and drove the Qing Weizong out of Taiping Mountain. At that time, the Taiping Sect was the first class in the world. ”

This time, it was not only Shen Yuanzhong, everyone noticed that Li Xuandu's words were there, but they had to admit that what Li Xuandu said was reasonable, and even Sikong Zao's face showed a look of reminiscing about the past.

Li Xuandu's words changed, "But what about the Taiping Sect now, sandwiched between the Qingwei Sect and the Zhengyi Sect, not to mention the three-legged stand, it's just a little daughter-in-law who is angry at both ends." As for the Yin Yang Sect, the previous sect master, Mr. Shen, died at the hands of the earth master, and the sect master Mr. Shen Da fell into the hands of the earth master, which can be described as a great shame, why did the Taiping Sect fall into such a situation today?"

Li Xuandu's gaze fell on Shen Yuanzhong's body and asked, "Great Elder, what do you think?"

Shen Yuanzhong replied after a slight sigh: "It's all because I have no successors from the Taiping Sect, and the younger disciples are not good, so I am ashamed of the ancestors." ”

The rest of the people also got up one after another, bowed their heads and said, "Don't be a disciple, I'm ashamed of the ancestor." ”

Li Xuandu raised and pressed it, motioned for everyone to sit down, and said: "The sky is cloudy and sunny, the tide rises and falls, the moon is full and lacking, the country rises and falls, and people have honor and disgrace." A momentary frustration is nothing, the key is to be ashamed and courageous, do you think so?"

Everyone said respectfully: "What the sect master said is extremely true. ”

Li Xuandu said: "In my opinion, the reason why the Taiping Sect has fallen into such a situation today is that in addition to the lack of green and yellow, there is also a lack of people similar to Zhang Jingshen, Wang Tianxiao, Jitianwang, and Zhang Haishi in the sect. ”

Shen Yuanzhong was silent, Mrs. Lu had already understood Li Xuandu's intentions, and when she looked at Li Xuandu, there was a little more admiration in her eyes, and she immediately agreed: "What the sect master said is extremely true!"

Li Xuandu asked again, "What do the elders think?"

Shen Yuanzhai, Shen Yuanzhou, and Sikong Zao responded one after another, and the remaining Xu Feibai and Yu Xian also had to echo them.

Li Xuandu continued: "The Great Elder is an old man in the sect, a high-ranking person, if you talk about realm cultivation, the Great Elder is a well-deserved second person, so this candidate is none other than the Great Elder." If it were someone else, I wouldn't be at ease. I intend to pass on the 'Taiping Qing Collar Sutra' to the Great Elder, who will start retreat from today in an effort to break through the Heavenly Man-made Realm as soon as possible. ”

At first glance, this sounds too much

It was unexpected, but it was reasonable, for a while, everyone in the Taiping Palace was stunned, Shen Yuanzhong's face changed, and he asked: "Dare to ask the sect master, if the old man is in retreat, how should this position of great elder be handled?"

Li Xuandu looked at him and asked rhetorically, "When I was not in the sect, many things were decided by the Great Elder himself, do you still need to ask me this sect master at this time?"

Shen Yuanzhong finally understood, his face turned pale, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "The old man must live up to the trust of the sect master, strive to break through the realm of heavenly manification as soon as possible, and still serve the sect." ”

Li Xuandu stopped talking, and took out a booklet that had been prepared from his sleeve, and the booklet flew up on its own and landed lightly in front of Shen Yuanzhong. Of course, this is not the entire text of the "Taiping Qing Collar Sutra", but Li Xuandu specially arranged it for Shen Yuanzhong, and practicing this method will certainly be beneficial, but with Shen Yuanzhong's age, when he breaks through the realm, it is almost the end of the day.

Shen Yuanzhong grabbed the booklet with both hands, turned around and went out a little dejectedly, and when he walked to the threshold, the great master of the Heavenly and Human Realm was actually tripped by the high threshold, although Shen Yuanzhong's body only shook slightly, but it showed a bit of sadness.

Li Xuandu watched Shen Yuanzhong's figure go away until he couldn't see the rear: "Senior Uncle Yuanzhong is in retreat, the Great Elder is not good to hang empty, according to seniority and seniority, Senior Uncle Yuanzhou should take over the position of Great Elder." ”

Shen Yuanzhou is from Mrs. Lu's faction, but Li Xuandu's words are not leaky, and Xu Feibai and Yu Xian are indisputable, not to mention that they are already difficult to protect themselves at this time.

Shen Yuanzhou stood up and saluted, "Respectfully accept the order of the sect master." ”

When saluting, Shen Yuanzhou looked up at Li Xuandu and Qin Su, who were sitting high, once upon a time, he had divided the marriage between these two young people, and they were still juniors at that time. In a blink of an eye, the two of them achieved good things as he calculated, but they were no longer juniors, but the masters of a sect that really decided the fate of the Taiping Sect. Thinking of this, Shen Yuanzhou couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

After Shen Yuanzhou retreated, Li Xuandu said, "Elder Xu, Elder Yu." ”

The two of them got up together, "Yes." ”

Xu Feibai's face was apprehensive and quite nervous, but Yu Xian was angry, as if he was about to tear his face if he didn't agree.

Li Xuandu glanced at the two of them and said, "The two elders are also old men in the sect, and they have always acted steadily, I have something to hand over to the two elders, and I hope that the two elders will not shirk." ”

Xu Feibai immediately said: "That's what the sect master ordered. ”

Li Xuandu smiled, "I must have heard that I and Sect Master Qin have already made a marriage, and we will get married soon, and the Taiping Sect will have to worry about my marriage." Senior Sister Lu was originally in charge of this matter, but Senior Sister Lu had a lot of affairs and had no time to separate, so I would like to ask the two elders to put aside their errands for the time being and take charge of this matter on their behalf, I don't know what the two elders think?"

Yu Xian's face changed, and he was about to speak, but Xu Feibai pulled his sleeves, and then Xu Feibai said: "The marriage of the sect master is related to the face of the sect, and there must be no negligence, since the sect master has handed over this matter to us and the others, we should do our best." ”

Yu Xian was silent for a moment, and said with a cold face: "It is our duty to devote ourselves to the affairs of the sect. ”

Li Xuandu looked at Mrs. Lu again and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Lu, you are a hard worker, Elder Yu and Elder Xu's errand, and you have to take care of it, as well as Senior Uncle Yuan Zhai and Senior Uncle Sikong, you also have to help Senior Sister Lu from the side." ”

All three of them should be.

With that, Li Xuandu got up and walked outside the hall, followed by Qin Su.

Everyone in the Taiping Sect stood up and saluted at the same time, "Congratulations to the sect master." ”