Jinling Mansion, known as "Jiankang" in ancient times, the capital of the Song Kingdom, is one of the largest cities in Dongshengzhou, a hundred miles of long streets, bright lights, 10,000 squares vertically and horizontally, the market is prosperous, a good picture of red lights, drunk gold fan, of course, there are deep palace heavy courtyards, Senleng Mansion and mighty garrison.

Jinling Mansion is composed of five parts: the imperial city, the palace city, the inner city, the outer city, and the suburbs, with a population of more than 60 million.

The imperial city is located in the south of the central axis of Jinling Mansion, which is a special city that guards the imperial palace and provides various services and living guarantees for the imperial palace, and the emperor, concubines and princes live in the imperial city.

Surrounded by the Imperial City, the palace was home to princes, princesses, clansmen, dukes, and relatives, forming a protective barrier outside the Imperial City.

The inner city surrounds the palace city, which is the place where the Song State has its own yamen, the residence of the marquis (inclusive) and below, the officials above the third rank in Beijing, and the officials above the fifth rank in Beijing.

The outer city is outside the inner city, the area is extremely vast, accounting for two-thirds of the entire Jinling Mansion, and it is a place for ordinary officials, Jinling citizens, merchants, servants, and three religions and nine streams to live and buy and sell in the market.

On the outskirts of the city, tens of millions of farmers and industrialists who serve this giant city are gathered, just like migratory birds, who enter the city to work during the day every day, and have to leave the giant city before dark, they are just passers-by of the city, and they will never become residents here.

The Nineteenth Prince's Mansion is located in the northeast corner of the palace, the area of the mansion is not wide, but it is built exquisitely and elegantly, with ingenuity.

The Nineteenth Prince is a tall and handsome young man, but his eyes are slender and the corners of his eyes are a little raised, which sometimes gives people the feeling of a yin owl.

The Nineteenth Prince has the habit of exercising in the morning every morning, and after the morning exercise, he will tease the two colorful parrots in the birdcage on the corridor of the back.

These two parrots are from the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion, and they were purchased from the Heavenly Demon Forest at a great cost, they can speak and are extremely intelligent, and their bodies are two demon cultivators who have reached the Demon Pill stage, but now they have made the Nineteen Princes extremely obedient, and they have long lost their wildness and sense of resistance.

A scribe dressed as a scribe stood beside the Nineteen Princes, opened a handbook, and reported to the Nineteen Princes one by one the matters that he needed to deal with personally.

After patiently listening to the report on Xuanjizi, the nineteenth prince said: "I didn't expect Li Cheng to grow a lot in the past ten years!

As for the conditions put forward by Xuan Jizi, this king not only does not feel excessive, but even thinks that he knows how to advance and retreat very well, unlike those so-called cultivators who are cloudy and foggy and don't know what to do, so they might as well hand over all the cultivation business in the southwest of the palace to him, I want to see how far this very sophisticated Taoist can go? Let Li Cheng do this quickly!

Zuo Jun, Li Cheng's term of office as prefect will expire next year, right? You go and say hello to the officials, Li Cheng has been diligent and thrifty during his tenure, has made outstanding political achievements, and has also recruited a Jingbian immortal master for the imperial court. ”

The scribe's name is Wang Zuojun, who has been following the Nineteenth Prince for many years, and is a henchman of the Nineteenth Prince, he bowed down to receive the order: "Yes, Lord Wang, my subordinates will do it." ”

The Nineteenth Prince said again: "Slow, you can ask Li Cheng as soon as possible with a quick book, after his term expires next year, are you interested in returning to Beijing to serve as the Shaoqing of the Zhan Mansion?"

The scribe Wang Zuojun hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord Wang, since the current saint ascended the throne, there has been no crown prince, so the post of young secretary of the Zhan Mansion in the court has been vacant.

You asked me to ask Li Cheng like this, could it be that the Holy Lord moved the idea of establishing a prince? But after all, Li Cheng has been away for more than ten years, and it is still unknown whether he is still loyal, so I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to give him such an important position at once, right?"

The nineteenth prince looked sideways and looked coldly at Wang Zuojun without speaking, Wang Zuojun was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed again and again, and said: "Lord Wang, it's a slave who is talking too much, please punish him." As he spoke, cold sweat soaked his back shirt.

The Nineteenth Prince said coldly: "Zuo Jun, you have been with me for more than ten years, you should know my temper. Do your own things in the future, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't be jealous of what you shouldn't be jealous of, what should be given to you, this king will not miss you at all, don't think about what you shouldn't take!

Next year, after Li Cheng is transferred back, you will go to Xuanwei Mansion to take over his position as prefect, you have been with me for too long, which will not be conducive to your future development; as for that Song Neng, I will transfer him to Beijing to take your position, and I will personally adjust it.

In addition, he told Li Cheng that if he didn't want to go to Zhan Shifu to serve as Shaoqing, the deputy envoy of the General Administration Department and Shaoqing of Dali Temple asked him to choose one and report back to me as soon as possible. ”

is also laying out the future, and the atmosphere of the Xuanji faction is much more relaxed.

Tianhuo woke up early in the morning, and was in a good state of mind, he first went to the bathhouse to soak in a hot spring bath, and after many days of fatigue, he ate a full breakfast, changed into a new set of yellow Confucian shirts, and immediately returned to the handsome young man.

Tianhuo rolled up the demonstration pattern, tied it with a silk ribbon, clamped it under his armpit, and took the thick pile of manuscripts on the table, and walked towards the main hall of the Xuanji faction.

He had to arrive a little earlier than others, and yesterday he asked Hu Tianyi to tell the third senior brother that he needed to prepare a wooden frame, plank, and clip for the demonstration pattern, and he also needed a slender wooden stick, I don't know if they were all ready?

In the Xuanji hall, the tables, chairs and benches that are usually placed are all removed today, and there are only rows of brown futons in the main hall, there are nearly fifty of them, and a large yellow futon is placed on the left side of the top.

Next to the yellow futon, in the middle of the main hall, there is a wooden frame, on which is a small thin wooden plank, the upper edge of the wooden frame is slightly higher than a person, and the lower edge reaches the waist of the person, just enough to jam the thin wooden board in the middle.

The thin planks are slightly larger than a whole sheet of rice paper, with two iron clips sandwiched between the upper edges of the boards.

The wooden planks and wooden frames all exude the aroma of fresh pine, which is the new furniture that Senior Brother Cang'er made in accordance with Tianhuo's idea yesterday.

Brother Cang'er's carpentry skills are very good, although the time is in a hurry, he still rushed to make it, and the wooden frame is simple and strong, and it also has a sense of beauty.

The three-foot-six-inch, slender wooden stick is made of mahogany, finely polished with sandpaper, the surface is very smooth, and the handshake part is even shallowly carved with a layer of moire, which feels very good to grasp.

The iron clip is specially made by the elder brother, the style is simple, but it is very durable and elastic.

They didn't know what Tianhuo wanted these things to do, but they still prepared these tools for the little junior brother very efficiently.

When Tianhuo arrived at the Xuanji Palace, there were already many people in the hall, everyone greeted each other, and people who knew each other were chatting in a low voice.

There were six futons in each row, a total of eight rows, and the position of Tianhuo was the one at the edge of the second row, and he put a stack of manuscripts on the futon, and then walked to the wooden frame with the demonstration pattern, clamped the demonstration pattern on the wooden frame, and then turned all the patterns behind the wooden frame.

With this done, Tianhuo returned to his futon and sat down, and began to check the manuscript for any problems, preparing for his speech for a while.

In the third row behind Tianhuo were the six registered disciples of the third generation of the Xuanji Sect, and after the registered disciples were thirty miscellaneous disciples, most of whom had rushed to the main hall long in advance.

What's even more amazing is that a sturdy green ox and a squinting eagle also appeared in the main hall, but these two spirit beasts had no futon to do, and could only lie in the shadows in the corner of the main hall, as if they didn't want people to see their existence.

After waiting for two quarters of an hour, the time had arrived, and after all the disciples had arrived, they only heard the sound of "ding" and the sound of Qingyue's gold, and Xuanjizi floated over from outside the hall without touching the dust.

Xuanjizi continued to wear his signature colorful robe today, his hair was carefully combed, his face seemed to be covered with pink and white, and his fat face could reveal a feeling of floating dust.

In fact, monks can fly for a short distance when they reach the foundation building period, and they can do long-distance flight with the help of magic weapons; and when they reach the Jindan stage or above, monks can fly at will with their physical bodies, but supplemented by suitable magic weapons or spiritual weapons, their flight speed and altitude will be greatly improved.

The reason why Xuanjizi flew over from outside the hall was more for these miscellaneous disciples who had newly joined the Xuanji faction.

These miscellaneous disciples have just ascended the mountain, and they are full of awe and curiosity about the cultivation realm, but they have not yet fully identified with and returned to the Xuanji faction, and it is not known that there may be undercover agents inserted by people with ulterior motives.

Xuanjizi is in urgent need of manpower now, and he hopes to use some means of cultivation to quickly deter these miscellaneous disciples and let them integrate into the Xuanji sect as soon as possible, even if most of them have no potential for cultivation.

Sure enough, after Xuanjizi flew into the main hall, the miscellaneous disciples present immediately became in a commotion, and several of the miscellaneous servants inside even got up from the futon, knelt on the blue bricks on the main hall and kowtowed, calling themselves immortal masters.

There were a few shrewd and capable handymen inside, especially Liu San, whose expressions were envious, and he wished that he could fly.

Like a colorful bird, Xuanjizi twisted in the air and slowly landed on the yellow futon, and the disciples hurriedly got up to salute.

Xuanjizi gently flicked the sleeves of the colorful Taoist robe and said, "No courtesy, sit down." ”

All the miscellaneous disciples felt a hot wind on their faces, only to feel that their knees were weak, and they all knelt on the futon, everyone was shocked, and looked at their companions left and right, and sure enough, they all looked like this, and secretly praised the immortal master for his high mana.

Xuanjizi looked around at the disciples with his eyes and said, "Fellow second- and third-generation disciples, today is an important day for my Xuanji Sect, and today's meeting will determine the development of my Xuanji Sect for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years, and it is also related to the fate of everyone here, so please listen carefully today."

There are clouds in the Book of Changes: the number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is nine out of forty. Today, there are a total of forty-nine Xuanji disciples, including me, and this number is secretly combined, so let us forty-nine people be yarrows and calculate the future of the Xuanji faction. ”

"The Xuanji faction inherited the ancient great faction - the Big Dipper Seven Star Sect, the Taoist system lasted for hundreds of millions of years, and once had supreme glory, and then declined when it was divided into three parts of China. Up to now, there are only forty-nine of our disciples, which is amazing.

However, Xuanjizi received the favor of his teacher, and he could not fail to repay it, and he must work hard to restore the former glory of the Big Dipper Sect.

Although the Xuanji faction is still outnumbered, our sect and Taoism have been continued, and after thousands of years of efforts, it has now shown the image of Zhongxing.

Heaven is ruthless, and there will always be a glimmer of life. I believe that as long as we work hard enough, go with the sky, face adversity, and seize the 'one' that has escaped, we will be able to achieve success!

Therefore, I hereby implore all the second and third generations of disciples to work together and move forward hand in hand, to create the great cause of the Xuanji Sect with me, and to strive for the restoration of the grand prosperity of the sect for life!"

After speaking, Xuanjizi got up and bowed deeply to all the disciples, and all the disciples hurriedly got up and returned the salute.

Xuanjizi motioned for everyone to sit down, and he continued to stand and speak: "I called everyone today to let all Xuanji disciples know that the mission is on their shoulders and they cannot slack off.

Maybe our generation will not be able to achieve the revival of the sect, but if there are ten, hundred, and thousand generations of disciples who have undying faith and work hard for this, our Xuanji Sect will definitely be able to become a heaven-level sect again!

Only the goal is not enough, we also need to have the right method and path, but also have the mentality of not being haste and patient, not arrogant and impatient to practice!

At today's meeting, we will discuss and solve a problem, how to make the Xuanji faction stronger?

I am very grateful, on this issue, each second-generation disciple has given a lot of suggestions and methods, I have asked Tianhuo to sort it out, made a revival plan for the Xuanji faction, and let Tianhuo report to us first in a while.

If there is anything that needs to be supplemented and improved, after Tianhuo reports, we can speak enthusiastically and work together.

The revival plan, which is finally perfected, will be written into the sect's teachings, and all disciples will work hard for the revival plan. Next, let's welcome Tianhuo to make a report. ”

Lu Qiming took the lead in applauding, and everyone also applauded, this applause is the recognition of the speech of the head of Xuanjizi, but also the expectation of the revival plan, and it is also the encouragement of Tianhuo.

Tianhuo put the manuscript in front of the futon, got up and walked to the wooden shelf in front of the main hall, he didn't take the manuscript, every word in it was his painstaking effort, so he remembered it very clearly, it was already deeply rooted in his mind.

Tianhuo walked to the front of the stage, first smiled at the Xuanji Zi who had already moved to the first batch to sit next to him, and then looked around at all the disciples of the Xuanji Sect.

The Xuanji Sect had never had so many disciples, and the forty-eight people sitting in a neat row had a different momentum and sense of oppression, Tianhuo felt that his heartbeat began to speed up, the blood in his whole body rushed to his heart and brain, the figure in front of him began to blur, and Tianhuo could even hear his own heartbeat.

Tianhuo only shook his mind for a moment, and the powerful Dao Heart immediately made him regain his mind, he took two deep breaths, bowed deeply to everyone, and basically returned to normal after getting up.

Tianhuo turned around and picked up the slender wooden stick from the wooden frame, the cloud pattern that was comfortable to the tentacles made Tianhuo's mind completely return to his body, he turned around and saw the encouraging eyes of the master and senior brothers in the audience, and saw the eager and envious eyes of the three generations of disciples and miscellaneous disciples.

Tianhuo smiled, smiled very confidently! This feeling of being noticed and needed by others is so good! He didn't have the slightest nervousness, and his whole body seemed to brighten up.

Xuanjizi nodded with satisfaction, Tianhuo's talent is too good and plastic, and he is proud of his apprentice.

Tianhuo cleared his throat and said:

"My esteemed teacher, dear senior brothers, and all three generations of disciples, good morning! I am honored to be entrusted by the head of the sect today to describe to you the bright future of the Xuanji faction! ”

"The theme of my speech today is "The Rationale for Observing Prosperity and Decline, and the Way of Prosperity". ”

"Just now we also learned through the speech of the head that the predecessor of the Xuanji faction was called the Big Dipper Seven Star Faction.

I have specifically checked the information, the Big Dipper Seven Star Sect is one of the five powerful sects during the Han Empire, or it can be said that it is the first major sect at that time, there are no less than five masters in the Mahayana period alone, and there must be two hundred masters in the Cave Void and Transformation Period, which can be described as a flourishing moment!

But why did it decline later? If we don't explore history and sum up experience, no matter how strong we are in the future, we will still fall into the same predicament and suffer the same end.

People, sects and things that do not respect the laws of historical development will be eliminated by time!"

"The decline of the Big Dipper Sect, I summarize it in eight words - 'things must be reversed, and prosperity and decline alternate'. ”

"When the three sects of China were divided, the five major sects were born one after another, wanting to obtain enough resources and the right to speak in the world, and three of them chose to cooperate with the three secular nobles respectively, and became the protector of the three kingdoms of China, continuing to grow the Taoist system, and now the Daluo faction of the Song State is one of them.

The other sect chose to escape to the southwest of Dongshengzhou, avoiding the central area of the Han Empire, which was in turmoil at that time, taking advantage of the chaos, taking the Daomen Spiritual Domain, staying away from the war and strife, repairing the Heavenly Demon Forest, and the Daomen Spiritual Domain has been given a development opportunity for hundreds of millions of years, and the strength of the Daomen Spiritual Domain has been faintly above the three major protector gods and religions over the years. ”

"And the ancestor of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sect, who was too confident in the strength of the sect at that time, actually wanted to take advantage of the chaos to replace the Great Han, so he mobilized the disciples of the whole sect to conquer the world and overwhelm the Three Kingdoms.

The Big Dipper Sect once occupied the Central Plains, Jingchu and Yunnan-Guizhou lands, and had the capital to establish a country, but the ancestors did not know that Taoguang was obscure and accumulated strength, and still continued to expand and conquer around, and finally forced the Tang, Ming, and Song kingdoms into an alliance. ”

"In the end, under the strangulation of the three families, the Mahayana ancestors of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sect died or disappeared one after another, and the sect had no foundation, how could it resist the attack of the Three Kingdoms.

In the end, the Central Plains returned to the Ming Dynasty, Jing Chu entered the Tang Dynasty, Yunnan and Guizhou merged with the Song Dynasty, and the Big Dipper Sect collapsed, followed by tens of millions of years of wanted and hunting, and finally the Big Dipper Sect completely disappeared.

But everyone here doesn't need to be too nervous, I checked the official notice, the ban on the Big Dipper Sect was lifted 10,000 years ago, and the Xuanji Sect only inherited part of the exercises of the Big Dipper Sect, not the Big Dipper Sect.

Especially after the head of the sect accepted the canonization of the Song Emperor this time, our Xuanji faction has been officially recognized as a legitimate sect from now on, and this is the 'historic opportunity' that the head of the sect said. ”

"The Xuanji Sect is a new sect with history, heritage, and opportunities, and we are now standing at the turning point of the sect's rejection, and today's decision will determine the fate of each of us.

All of you here, are you willing to work with the sect for the rise of the Xuanji Sect?"

"Yes!"

"Are you willing to use every strength and every drop of blood for the sect!"

"Yes!!"

"Are you willing to share the great cause of the prosperous world with the sect and share the eternal path of immortals?"

"Willing to !!"