"This scene is really not small! Especially the last miracle, how to say it, it has to be a fourth-order talisman, right? It's worth thousands of Qi Nourishing Pills! This net worth, tsk......"

"Haha...... Brother Shaohong, you have been fooled!" Yan Li laughed and said, "For the disciples of the Jade Emperor Temple, although there are fourth-order talismans, they will never be wasted on the old wealth of the countryside. Those were two second-order talismans. Moreover, it is a defective product in the second order. ”

"Can a second-order talisman be so powerful?" Shang Shaohong was surprised, "This looks like a true god has come into the world!"

"Huh...... Could it be that Brother Shaohong forgot that the five-light talisman of the merchant class is just a zero-order talisman, but it can conjure all kinds of light and shadow, and the scene is like a congenital master. If you use a five-light talisman against a rookie who cultivates qi during the battle, you can also scare the bone forging master into turning around and running!" Yan Li said, "The so-called art industry has a specialty. Xiahou Mo's method was nothing more than a second-order 'Heavenly Court Manifestation Talisman', and its only role was a large-scale illusion of light and shadow.

"The other talisman is the 'Ganlin Talisman', which is a large-scale treatment of various external injuries, and the healing effect can only be regarded as average. He must have activated the Heavenly Court Manifestation Talisman and secretly used the second one in his sleeve, making it seem as if the gods had descended. ”

Shang Shaohong was still puzzled: "If the treatment effect is average, how can these people who have broken legs and broken ribs jump up all at once?"

"The effect of the Ganlin Talisman is to promote healing, compared to the natural effect of ordinary wound medicines—it is also a second-order talisman, worth six or seven Qi Nourishing Pills!" Yan Li explained, "The key is that these Pocai have been injured for three or four days, and they have already been diagnosed and treated by doctors, and the bones have all been in position, and they have even had injury medicine, and they have begun to heal initially." At this time, a Ganlin talisman naturally gets twice the result with half the effort, and it looks like a miracle. If it is at the beginning of the injury, directly use the Ganlin charm to treat, I am afraid that the muscles and bones will be misaligned, and the disability will be lifelong. ”

After listening to the explanation, Shang Shaoyan was the first to react: "Brother Xian means that this Xiahou Mo came prepared - he had already inquired about the situation in Linze Town, and he knew the situation of the Li family well, so he went straight to the goal." And the so-called miracles are not at all false, they are nothing more than deceptive means!"

"Yes, yes. Yan Li nodded and said, "Two simple words - god stick." ”

"But how did Brother Xian know that he would act like this?" Shang Shaoyan asked. Long before Xiahou Mo arrived, Yan Li had predicted it.

As the saying goes: People are breathing, and Buddha is a stick of incense. Yan Li explained leisurely, "Gods and Buddhas need incense offerings the most. Since our biggest reliance is the Wangyun Dragon Monarch who has just been canonized as a god, then starting with incense is in line with the number of divine sticks of the Jade Emperor's view.

"It's a simple and straightforward move, and it hits us at the right point. Second, we can test our reaction, and we can also test our layout in Linze Town, whether it is an empty city plan. Sanlai took this opportunity to expand the incense of the Jade Emperor Temple to Jianchuan, so as to gradually replace the disobedient Tianfeng Temple. It's a recipe for three wins. ”

Shang Shaoyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he heard the sound outside the strings: "Could it be ...... The Daomen is not monolithic, but there are many internal contradictions.

"If it weren't for this, how could the power of the Daomen sit in the Western Qin Dynasty so far?

"So, what's next for Brother Xian?"

"No, let him go. Yan Li snorted, "Chi Yunguan is guarded by the wind and thunder [***] sword array refined by the prince, and if Xiahou Mo wants to attack it, it is a grasshopper shaking the tree, and the words are provocative, that is self-inflicted humiliation, and the incense is fighting...... The incense of the gods never lies in one or two days, but in the eternity of the day. If you want to control the incense in Linze Town, you also want him to live through the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

"That's true!" Shang Shaoyan nodded, "And we can take this opportunity to see what the Jade Emperor Guan is doing." But...... Are we going to use the magic stick to recruit new troops?"

For this point, Shang Shaoyan was a little resistant in his heart.

Yan Li smiled slightly and said, "What my brother wants to learn is the means of the Jade Emperor View, but it is not necessary to copy it all. Maybe I should ask, brother—do you know God?"

God is the most magnificent and greatest existence in heaven and earth.

God is the support of the Jade Emperor and even all Shinto monks in the world.

So—God, what's the secret?

Yan Li's words immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.

"I would like to hear about it!" Shang Shaoyan said with great interest.

To grasp the essence of God, we must first know this word. Yan Li said. He dipped his fingertips in tea and wrote two large characters side by side on the stone table.

Manifestation.

"When the word Sheshen is combined, it is God. The one who shows it, the sky hangs like seeing the good and the bad, so it shows the people; the one who declares, the yin and yang thunderstorms are popular to save the body. If we look at it from this perspective, the original intention of God is a warning from heaven. However, according to the exegesis, the body of the word "Shen" is 'Shen', and the word 'show' is added later, representing sacrifice. Therefore, the original meaning of the word God is that believers pray to God with pious sacrifices, and God leads the world with various celestial phenomena. ”

In just a few words, the gods who are high above seem to have been demystified. This explanation, in the eyes of Shang Shaoyan and others, can be called an earth-shattering shock.

However, what is even more shocking is still to come.

Yan Li paused and continued: "God tells the world with celestial phenomena, so how should we interpret each celestial phenomenon? In terms of the original meaning of the word 'Shen' - thunder and lightning, it may be the revival of yang energy and the growth of all things, it may be the anger of the sky and warn all beings, it may be the heavy rain and the flood of heaven...... If a mortal prays to heaven in this way, and the heavens no longer speak, what is the correct interpretation? Who sets and judges this criterion?

In fact, the change of celestial phenomena is nothing but the normal operation between heaven and earth. Even if the earth is full of Ze country, it is only the end of mankind, but it is the time of joy and song of mosquitoes, fish and turtles, water birds, etc.

In other words, heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs. The so-called good luck is the good luck of human beings, not the good luck of heaven and earth. It is the instinct of living beings to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and it is impossible to talk about God's intentional warning. ”

Shang Shaoyan pondered: "According to the intention of the virtuous brother, does the gods not exist?"

"No, of course the gods exist. Yan Li shook his head and said, "If the gods are inherently void, then what kind of existence is Wangyun Dragon Monarch?" I just want to inform you that the Evian Sect records: At the beginning of the creation of the Central Plains by the Eastern Wilderness Xuanlong Patriarch, there was neither a heavenly court, nor a dragon court, nor a ghost city in Fengdu. This heaven and earth have always been—first there were creatures, and then there were gods!"

"Gods are not born to grow and be supreme. Yan Li further said, "In fact, the gods were born from sacrifices and relied on the power of incense to exist. Human prayer created God and allowed God to enslave itself in turn. This is the mediocrity of all beings!

"Gods are born of the beliefs of all beings, and therefore know everything about the minds of all beings. The all-knowing, the all-powerful. In addition to all kinds of incredible supernatural powers, the gods are able to transcend the superficial knowledge of the believers and guide the way forward for all beings. The so-called Shinto monks came from this. ”

Shang Shaohong fell into deep thought, but Shang Shaohong became more and more confused the more he listened, and couldn't help but ask, "Then should we believe in God?"

"Hahaha......" Yan Li laughed, "what kind of standard should be used to judge whether it should be or not? Who sets this standard and who judges it? You can't make a decision yourself, and of course other people's decisions are even less credible, so you can only pray to God to answer this question and ask the gods to give you an answer!"

"Uh......" Shang Shaohong was speechless for a moment.

Pray to Heaven and ask the gods yourself: Should I believe in you?

How stupid do you have to be to ask such a question? I guess the gods don't bother to bother with you......

Shang Shaoyan didn't dwell on this issue, and instead asked, "So, is the guidance of the gods correct?"

"What kind of standard should be used to judge right and wrong? Who sets this standard and who judges it? You can't make it yourself, and of course other people's decisions are even less credible, so you can only pray to God and ask the gods to give you an answer!" Yan Li replied with the same answer.

"Uh......" Shang Shaoyan was also speechless. I'm afraid there won't be anyone who prays to the gods and asks, "Are you right?"

Yan Li saw that everyone was speechless, and Fang Zi said leisurely: "Right and wrong are relative concepts. Who is right through the ages? If Taoism can govern the world, why don't you see the people like a wild deer? Why do you still stand up and fight all the time? If the wisdom of Buddhism can be liberated, why don't you see all sentient beings see through the red dust and obstacles and cross the sea of suffering together? If Confucianism and etiquette are the truth, why don't you see the prosperity of Datong for thousands of years? If the gods all represent the truth, then there should be only one god in the world, why are there many gods, and among all living beings, there are different opinions?

Further, every deity represents a belief and a mode of judgment. For example, wind and rain, thunder and lightning, such as strength, perseverance, such as good and evil. The gods will guide the believers according to their own beliefs. Therefore, in this world, there are bodhisattvas who are compassionate and save suffering, and there are also evil gods who are bloodthirsty and cruel and demand blood sacrifices from believers.

"In this world of great contention, all sentient beings are suffering, and because of the lack of wisdom, they cannot see the way forward, and the hardships are multiplied...... Therefore, they need God's guidance. Only God can lead them out of their stratways and make them stride forward. Therefore, every world of great controversy is the age of the gods!"

Yan Li's conclusion is far-reaching.

Think of thousands of years of Chinese history on the earth, the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period, the deposition of Confucianism by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the prosperity of metaphysics by the great scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the ancient literary movement in the Tang and Song dynasties, the great revival of science in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the eastward expansion of Western learning after the late Qing Dynasty......

In the world of great contention, it will be the age of gods!

Yan Li poured himself a drink slowly, and after drinking a pot of tea, he saw Shang Shaoyan and the others think clearly, and refocused their attention on himself, so he put down the teacup and asked the next question: "Have you ever thought about what kind of concept will Wangyun Longjun use to guide the believers?"

Shang Shaoyan was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly spit out two words like a sudden realization:

"Loyalty!"