Chapter 162: The Altar of Merit
Qingdu Temple is also known as the Patriarch Hall in Qingcheng, and is located in the Patriarch Peak of Qingcheng. The overall shape www.biquge.info of the mountain is like the head of a spoon, and it is concave inward from the mountainside, revealing a large number of Taoist buildings with pavilions and pavilions.
Bai Ya had been here with Liu Yu last time, but he hadn't gone in, just passing by on the way to the Lingxi Hall of Jingluo Zhenren. This time, he was asked by Liu Yu to go to the Meritorious Dharma Altar, so that he was able to observe the Patriarch Peak up close.
Under this look, Baiya found that the area of the ancestor peak is very large, but the peak is not very high, and the entire peak has many traces of man-made transformation from the mountainside.
Qingcheng stretches for thousands of miles, but the various sects of the Qingcheng faction belong to Taoist sects, advocating Taoism and nature, and if there is not much demand, it is rare to transform the environment on a large scale.
However, as the ancestral land of the Qing Capital Temple, Zushi Peak has received a lot of renovations for thousands of years. The most obvious is the spoon-shaped mountain shape, which is not only to expand the usable area of the Qingdu Temple, but also to cooperate with the hill defense circle.
During the Second Warring States period, the Qingcheng faction was invaded by foreign enemies.
At that time, the countries of Shenzhou were fighting endlessly, and both the famous and decent families and the evil sects and demon sects were involved in secular wars.
Shu allied with Qin against the Nine Creeks and Eighteen Passes of the Chu State, Dali and the Baiyue tribe in southern Shu. Due to the lack of high-level force in the army, Meng Liang, the king of Shuming, personally went to Qingcheng, Emei and other cultivation resorts to invite warriors from various sects.
During that period, the various sects of the two major cultivation resorts of Qingcheng and Emei formed a Taoist alliance for the first time, and integrated into the two major factions of Qingcheng and Emei.
However, because the monasteries and teachings of the two major factions were different, there was no unification at that time, but only as a temporary alliance.
The real change appeared in the middle and late Warring States Period, when Qingcheng and Emei began to appear in the immortal and demon realms one after another, which caused the peeps and scrambling of the major immortal martial sects.
First, there was a competition between Qingcheng and the local sects of Emei, and then it attracted the peeps of the surrounding Xianwu sects, and even the Xianwu sects outside Yizhou were willing to take a piece of the pie.
In order to reduce the disputes and internal friction of the various factions in cultivation resources, and at the same time to compete against the out-of-state sects that wanted to forcibly occupy the Immortal Demon Mirror, the two major factions of Qingcheng and Emei finally put aside the internal disputes of sectarianism and righteousness, and changed from the loose Immortal Martial Alliance to the two major Dao sects of the present world.
As a true martial arts sect, the Qingdu Guan has undoubted combat effectiveness, but Patriarch Peak has also suffered many disasters.
Since then, the ancestors of the Qingdu Temple have begun to transform the Ancestral Master Peak and set up many magic circles for it. There are even Xuandao predecessors who have exerted great magical powers and moved several peripheral peaks over as the outer barrier of the Ancestor Peak.
Now standing at the foot of the Patriarch Peak, you can clearly observe that there is a circle of tall and steep mountains all around. They guarded the Ancestor Peak like a cluster of flowers, and if outsiders wanted to enter, they had to break through the surrounding peaks first.
Bai Ya walked slowly along the deep mountain road, the trees beside the road were verdant, and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, which made him feel a special peace in his heart.
Unlike most Taoist temples, the Qingdu Temple is built on a mountain, with no exterior walls and gates, and in front of the main hall is a huge square, but it is not a martial arts arena. There is an incense burner copper tripod in each of the four corners of the venue, which burns cigarettes day and night, and you can smell a unique fragrance after approaching, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.
Because it is located in the depths of Qingcheng, there are no pilgrims here to worship the gods, and most of the outer martial disciples can't enter, only real Qingcheng disciples can come.
As a Taoist temple, the Qingdu Temple allows all disciples to come to the main hall at any time, where there are three homework sessions in the morning, noon and evening every day, and they can also listen outside the hall in the evening.
However, martial artists like Bai Ya still rarely come over, and those who come are basically monks who have cultivated the Tao.
The master of the Qingdu Temple is only presiding over the affairs of this Taoist temple, and never pays attention to anything else, not to mention the Qingdu Guanwu Hall where the white cliff is located.
Under the guidance of the Taoist child in the view, Baiya first entered the temple to worship the Zhenwu Emperor and the ancestors of the past dynasties, and then continued to go around the hall and went to the martial arts hall in the mountain behind the ancestor peak.
The Qingdu Guanwu Hall is similar to the subordinate halls of Jianzhifeng, and they are in charge of the four major departments such as pills, magic weapons, formations, and talismans.
In addition, there are two altars and two pavilions, which are the merit and law altar, the agricultural altar, the martial arts classic pavilion and the imperial beast pavilion.
The Merit Dharma Altar is responsible for awarding merit tasks to all outer martial disciples and Qingcheng disciples, but the merits of outer martial disciples are settled at the cultivation peak, and the Qingcheng disciples are settled in the internal martial arts hall.
The Martial Arts Classic Pavilion is a place to store martial arts classics, but the library pavilion at the peak of the outer gate only puts some big road goods and basic martial arts cheats, and the martial arts classic pavilion in the martial arts hall is different, storing a lot of Qingcheng secret methods.
The reason why Lin Mu only sent some artistic conceptions to chase after the rebel sect, the only situation was his master Hua Cheng, and he did not alarm the innate martial artist, because he ransacked the library of Lanxi Pass, and only robbed a few secret books of big road goods.
If Lin Mu had robbed the real Qingcheng Secret Inheritance at that time, it would have been different, and the pursuit team would definitely have a lot of innate talents. Even if you chase into the territory of Jinwudao and fight with Jinwudao, it is estimated that you will not stop.
As for the Agricultural Altar and the Imperial Beast Pavilion, they are also very important departments of the Qingdu Temple, and their importance is even no less than that of the Merit and Dharma Altar. Because one of these two departments is responsible for cultivating flowers and plants of heaven and earth, and the other is responsible for cultivating divine beasts and birds.
For example, the "Golden Cicada Secret Technique" that Bai Ya wants to hand over to the Qingdu Temple this time is to use the Imperial Beast Pavilion to identify the value and then give merit. And the bronze corpse Bai Tong wants to be promoted to the silver corpse, in addition to the drought's essence blood, other auxiliary materials are also from the Agricultural Altar and the Royal Beast Pavilion.
The station of the Meritorious Dharma Altar is a low pavilion, and after arriving here, Bai Ya found that there were many people coming in and out of the building, which seemed very lively.
He just glanced at these cultivators wearing Qingcheng martial arts shirts or Taoist robes, and he knew in his heart that they were all Qingdu Guan disciples who automatically came to take over the merit task.
There were many people gathered in front of one of the attics, and Bai Ya suddenly came to him curiously.
This seems to be a notice board for posting all kinds of meritorious tasks, but instead of posting notices, it uses a small mirror and water moon magic circle, and the interface will change every once in a while, showing the merit tasks that have not yet been received, just like the display screen of the train station showing the timetable of each train.
Bai Ya has never been here, and the merit tasks he has taken on so far have been directly given to him by Liu Yu.
His cheap master is the master of the altar of the Qingdu Temple, and he has the authority to issue merit tasks, so he doesn't have to deal with the merit altar here.
He looked at the meritorious tasks displayed by the magic circle with great interest for a while, and found that there were all kinds of tasks on it, which could be described as strange.
These tasks are not only available to warriors, but there are also many alchemy, refining weapons, helping the government carve a teleportation circle, and presiding over rituals and funerals for the people under the mountain. And judging from the deadlines of the mandates, almost all of them are in the last few days, which can be said to be continuous.
Most of these tasks have very little merit, and he saw that many of them showed only a few dozen merits at the back, but they were better than a large amount of safety, and those Xuandao cultivators who were unwilling to go out to fight and kill would probably like to do it.
As soon as the novelty of Baiya passed, he felt a little bored, and randomly found an attic with few people to enter.
The interior of the attic of the altar of merit is arranged in the shape of a pawnshop counter, and there is a bar door blocking the two sides.
Fortunately, before coming here, Liu Yu had already explained to him the process here. Bai Ya waited patiently in line, and when it was his turn, he handed the bronze identity medal to the Taoist boy behind the counter.
"Uncle Baiya from Baiyunxi?" the Dao boy behind the counter poked his head out, and a pair of dark eyes looked at Baiya curiously.
The clerks of the Merit Dharma Altar are all young Taoist children, many of whom are orphans and abandoned babies, and after being adopted by the Qingdu Temple, they became Taoist children.
Just like Yuqing before, he is also one of the orphans adopted by Liu Yu. Many of them did not have martial arts qualities, so they had to do some mundane chores in the temple to make ends meet.
In addition to these Taoist children in the Meritorious Dharma Altar, there are also many Taoist children who will also be arranged into the Agricultural Altar and the Imperial Beast Pavilion, and they work quite hard, but for them, it is actually a blessing that they did not die young.
Qingdu Guanwutang is a critical place, and the Taoist children here can no longer leave Qingcheng regardless of whether they are adults or not. Some of them can choose to return to the secular world and become secular personnel in Qingcheng, such as becoming intelligence spies or something.
"It's me!" Bai Ya smiled and nodded at the little Taoist boy.
"Step, step, step!" Xiao Daotong ran out from behind the counter, respectfully returned the identity bronze medal to Bai Ya, and said with some excitement: "Uncle Shi comes with me, Deacon Wan has been waiting for you for a long time." ”
"Well, lead the way!" Bai Ya knew that he had come over this time, and Liu Yu had informed the meritorious Dharma altar, so he was not surprised.
Xiao Daotong took Bai Ya out of the building and walked towards the main building in the center of the altar.
After entering the building, Xiao Daotong led him all the way up to the third floor and knocked on the door in front of a quiet room numbered 302.
"Deacon Wan, Uncle Bai of Baiyunxi has arrived!"
"Oh, come in, I'm waiting for him!" a calm male voice immediately sounded from the quiet room.
Bai Ya didn't dare to slack off, he was a little embarrassed when he was late, and hurriedly pushed the door in, and saw a middle-aged Taoist priest in a Taoist robe sitting on a futon in the quiet room, looking at him with some curiosity.
"Senior Brother Wan!" Bai Ya glanced at the cuffs of the middle-aged Taoist priest, and arched his hand towards him with a smile.
Although he is not a monk, he also has a Taoist name "Qingyuan". The cuffs of the person in front of him also have a road number, although he is not a "Qing" generation, but he is the same as him according to his generation.
It's just that one is a home Taoist priest and the other is a monk Taoist, so the Taoist number is divided into two systems.