It turns out that all of this is related to a famous sect - the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty. Originated from the Pure Land sect of Buddhism. According to legend, the ancestor of the Pure Land Sect, Shi Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recited Buddha with Liu Zhimin and others in the Lushan Donglin Temple, and later generations of believers thought it was a model. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Pure Land Buddha Association was popular, mostly called the White Lotus Society or the Lotus Society, and the presiding officers were both monks and lay believers. During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Mao Ziyuan (legal name Cizhao), a monk in Kunshan (now Kunshan, Jiangsu), founded a new sect called the White Lotus Sect, or the White Lotus Sect, on the basis of the popular Pure Land Association.

Since its birth, the White Lotus Sect has had two personalities, that is, a character that is both rebellious and peaceful, and alternately manifests itself, so it has also played two social functions. In the quiet years, the White Lotus Sect, as a supplement to the orthodox religions of Buddhism and Taoism, played a role in the lower class society that the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism could not play. Whenever natural and man-made disasters come one after another or social turmoil, the White Lotus Sect will go against the Buddha and the Tao, and often become the battle banner of the peasant uprising or peasant uprising, which is also the characteristic of the White Lotus Sect that is different from the orthodox religion.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and founded the Ming Dynasty with the help of the power of the Ming Sect in the White Lotus Sect. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he was afraid that the influence of the White Lotus Sect would be too great, so he clearly banned the "Left Evil Arts" in the "Ming Law", and the White Lotus Sect fell from then on and turned into underground activities.

Later, because of repeated suppression, the White Lotus Sect began to split, forming dozens of branch sects, and Xu Hongru's place was one of them, called the Wenxiang Sect.

The founder of Wenxiang Sect was Xu Hongru's master Wang Sen. Wang Sen is a native of Luanzhou, Hebei Province, and was originally the head of the White Lotus Sect's "Buddha Mother" Tang Sai'er in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. He claimed to have saved a fox, and the fox cut off its tail and gave it, with a strange fragrance; in order to call on the disciples, many people were attached, so it was called the Wenxiang Sect, and the self-proclaimed Wenxiang Sect leader, and the followers spread all over Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Jin, Henan, Qin, Sichuan and other places, and they pursued peace and goodness, and opposed the riots. He and his apprentice Xu Hongru and others were committed to uniting various branch sects and reorganizing the White Lotus Sect.

However, Wang Sen was betrayed by his fourth apprentice, Li Guoyong, and was imprisoned twice in the 41st year of Wanli (1613), and died in prison five years later. His son Wang Haoxian succeeded him as the head of the church, and Xu Hongru continued to preach after Wang Sen's legacy.

Wang Haoxian was quite ambitious, and during the period of teaching, on the one hand, he cooperated with the imperial court, and on the other hand, he sent his senior brother Xu Hongru from Shandong, and his second senior brother Beizhi Zhou Yin and other leaders in the sect to plan for the uprising in order to win the world.

Xu Hongru advocated peace and goodness, and only wanted to restore the White Lotus Sect, but he could not disobey the orders of the sect leader Wang Haoxian, so he had to organize nearly 10,000 followers in Shandong with his righteous brother Yu Hongzhi, that is, that strong man, and prepare to start an incident in his hometown of Xujiazhuang, Juye County, Shandong next month.

Fifteen years ago, Xu Hongru was busy with teaching affairs, and entrusted his newborn daughter to his sister Jingkong Shitai to raise, and his daughter was naturally Huijing's little nun, Jingkong Shitaiben was also one of the leaders of the White Lotus Sect.

Xu Hongru came to Yongfeng Mountain in Mizhi County, Yan'an Prefecture this time, because he knew that this incident was weak, he acted in a hurry, and it was difficult to have a chance of winning, and he estimated that he had no physiology, so he traveled thousands of miles to rush to the Temple of Our Lady of Yongfeng Mountain, just to see his daughter for the last time, and by the way, he explained some future things to the master of the clear space.

The Temple of Our Lady of the Nine Heavens is the stronghold of the White Lotus Sect secretly established by Xu Hongru and Master Tai of the Pure Sky, because the sisters and brothers are determined to rebuild the White Lotus Sect, not to riot, and their intentions are contrary to the current Wenxiang Sect leader Wang Haoxian, so they did not tell Wang Haoxian in this place......

The White Lotus Sect has passed down a lot of martial arts, broad and profound, Jingkong Master is too specialized in the "Xuanniang Our Lady Sutra", and his internal skills are outstanding; Xu Hongru is busy with teaching affairs, although he has learned the "Sanyang Sword Technique", but he has not yet mastered this technique; and Yu Hongzhi is extremely powerful, and he chooses to practice the "Hongyang Stick Method", and his martial arts are much stronger than Xu Hongru.

However, it is said that his Zhenjiao Divine Skill "White Lotus Nine Lives" only preaches the master, and even if others get the Divine Skill Treasure Scroll, they will not be able to succeed in cultivating.

And since the "Buddha Mother" Tang Sai'er in the early Ming Dynasty, it has been nearly two hundred years, and no one has been able to successfully cultivate "White Lotus Nine Lives". This is also one of the reasons for the split of the White Lotus Sect, the divine merit is not out, it cannot convince the public, the sect leader is naturally vacant, and the White Lotus Sect has been managed and maintained by several sect leaders, and finally under the blow of the imperial court, everyone can not see the hope of the Holy Sect, so it slowly splits.

Xu Hongru and Yu Hongzhi found that they were being followed by Jinyiwei after the mountain this evening, so the two acted separately, Yu Hongzhi went to the temple to report the news, and he led Jinyiwei away to delay time.

Just in case, he hid the blanket containing the holy relics of the White Lotus Sect brought this time in the depths of the jungle, who knew that it was discovered and obtained by Gao Jie, so when he saw Gao Jie for the first time, he was very surprised, and then listened to the story of Gao Jie getting the blanket described by his daughter Huijing, knowing that he had a strange ability, and his eyesight and ear power were far beyond human comparison, so he turned from surprise to surprise.

Because according to legend, the heirs of the White Lotus Sect are not extraordinary, with spiritual roots, eyes can see thousands of miles, and ears can hear thousands of miles, which is "clairvoyance, ears to the wind".

In order to confirm it personally, after Xu Hongru and the Clearance Master discussed, there was a scene in the small pavilion of the lotus pond now.

The four lines of poetry they answered with Gao Jie were the secret teachings of the high-level White Lotus Sect, which were not known to ordinary sects, and even the sect leaders of so many side branch sects were completely unaware of them, including Wang Haoxian.

And the reason why Xu Hongru was able to know was because he had the White Lotus Sect holy relics in his hands.

Twenty years ago, Xu Hongru and his master Wang Sen were in Putai County, Shandong, that is, the hometown of Tang Sai'er, the "Mother of Buddha", and they came across a broken stone box, and when they opened it, they realized that it was the holy relics of the White Lotus Sect - the White Lotus Holy Sword and the "White Lotus Treasure Scroll".

Wang Sen was a diehard loyalist who was absolutely loyal to the White Lotus Holy Sect, and after his death, he passed on this White Lotus Sect holy relic to Xu Hongru, the great apprentice who had been working with him to reorganize the White Lotus Holy Sect, instead of his own son Wang Haoxian, which was also one of the reasons why Wang Haoxian hated Xu Hongru.

The holy relic of the White Lotus Sect is indeed very peculiar, Wang Sen and Xu Hongru cannot use it after getting it, the holy sword cannot be pulled out, and the exercises in the treasure scroll cannot be practiced at all because there is no first-level cultivation method.

According to legend, the "Mother of the Buddha" Tang Sai'er died because of her husband Lin San, and once when she went to pay tribute to her husband, she happened to get a stone box, which contained a sword and a book of soldiers, which was a holy relic of the White Lotus Sect. Tang Sai'er has extraordinary qualifications, and has cultivated the White Lotus Sect's divine skill "White Lotus Nine Lives", and "the sword is also a divine object, but Sai'er can use it", Tang Sai'er also became the leader of the White Lotus Sect and commanded the world.

At that time, Wang Sen and Xu Hongru found that there was a white silk in the White Lotus Treasure Scroll, on which four teachings were written: "The white lotus drops and the dew blooms in the morning, the jade lotus is shy and the twilight is colorful, the red face teaches people to be sad in the world, and the wonderful hand rejuvenates the immortal crane!" and said that those who can meet these four teachings, have clairvoyance, and have ears to the wind, are the inheritors of the Holy Sect and holy relics; in the future, if they can cultivate divine skills and drive the divine sword, they can truly become the leader of the White Lotus Holy Sect.

So Wang Sen and Xu Hongru have been looking for this heir for 20 years, in order to revive the Holy Sect, but so far there has been no result, this time to bring the holy relics to the Temple of Our Lady, Xu Hongru is to explain the future, the holy relics are temporarily handed over to the pure space master for safekeeping, hoping that she can continue to complete the mission of finding the heirs of the Holy Sect.

At this moment, looking at the young man in front of them, Xu Hongru and the Void Master were full of tears and excited, they were completely sure that Gao Jie was the true successor of the White Lotus Sect they were looking for.

"Plop" and "plop" twice, Xu Hongru and Jingkong Shitai both knelt down, bowed down to Gao Jie and said: "The people of the sect see the young sect master, the vacuum hometown, the childless old mother, Amitabha!"

The birthless old mother enshrined in the White Lotus Sect is said to be the ancient Buddha of Heaven without birth and destruction, and can transform earthly children to return to the heavenly realm and avoid calamity. This celestial realm is the home of the vacuum. And "vacuum hometown, no old mother" is the eight-character mantra of the White Lotus Sect.

Although Gao Jie learned all the reasons from the two of them, he was still stunned by this scene, and hurriedly pulled the two up, and said in a panic: "What are you doing, isn't this asking the kid to lose his life?"

Xu Hongru said respectfully: "Since my White Lotus Buddha Mother Tang Sai'er, no successor of the Holy Sect has appeared, so that my White Lotus Holy Sect has fallen apart and finally become a plate of scattered sand. Today, the two of us have gone through hardships and finally found the Young Sect Master, which is really a great blessing for this sect!"

Gao Jie has been listening and thinking just now, and he has also figured out a lot of important joints:

First, he understood that the exercises taught to him by the old man in later generations were derived from this famous White Lotus Sect;

Second, it is precisely because he has cultivated the exercises of the White Lotus Sect that he will resonate with the holy relics of the White Lotus Sect on the way up the mountain;

Third, he was in line with the teachings, and he had good eyes and ears, which happened to meet all the characteristics of the so-called White Lotus Sect descendants, so Xu Hongru and the Pure Space Master decided that they were the White Lotus Sect heirs they were looking for!

Conclusion: Perhaps, it is really possible that he is the so-called successor of the White Lotus Sect!

However, Gao Jie was not half happy, but very nervous: "I am just a down-and-out person who has crossed over from the future, without any martial arts, whether I can practice divine skills in the future, and drive the divine sword is not yet known, just look at the front of me, the White Lotus Sect is scattered, I don't know how many people covet the position of the sect leader, and intend to command the world, it can be described as full of dangers, how can I reintegrate so many side branch sects and revitalize the White Lotus Sect? !

As a result, the current Gao Jie regretted the four verses of the White Lotus Doctrine under his previous impulse.

He thought for a while, and said to Xu Hongru and Jingkong Shitai: "Xu Daxia, Jingkong Shitai, the kid is just a little Orion, with ordinary qualifications, and he has no power to restrain the chicken, just now he was just talking nonsense, and he just fell for those four lines of poetry." You must be mistaken, how can I be qualified to become the Young Sect Master of the White Lotus Sect! You have entrusted the important task of revitalizing the Holy Sect to the boy, I am afraid that it is not a person!"

Xu Hongru and Jingkong Shitai glanced at each other, and the two of them immediately understood Gao Jie's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Wrong will definitely not be wrong! Young Sect Master, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, and you have a long way to go, and we will also protect your safety." You can rest assured that my sister and I will never go around preaching until you have achieved the Divine Skill, no one will know your identity, and no one will ask you to take the risk of integrating the Holy Sect now. Moreover, from now on, we will definitely ensure your safety, and we will never let the young sect master put himself in danger. All you need to do is meditate and practice the Divine Skills!"

His careful thinking that he was afraid of death was right, Gao Jie immediately turned red, it seems that they all understand their thoughts, and they have made arrangements, and they can't push it off even if they push it back.

So, he smiled and said, "Since the two of you are so sure that I am your young sect master, then I will reluctantly try it first, if in the end you find out that I am not the real heir, don't be angry and angry with me." Remember, you guys drove me to the shelves today!"

When Xu Hongru and Jingkong Master heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.