Prologue
Legend has it that in the ancient times tens of millions of years ago, chaos was not divided, there was nothing, until one day Pangu split the turbidity with an axe, which opened up the universe of heaven and earth, and all things were born.
At that time, the five mountains and the four desecrations had not yet been formed, but the powerful gods and monsters and ferocious monsters were wreaking havoc everywhere, and there were the evil gods "Qiqi" who suppressed the good and promoted the evil, who specialized in killing good people for pleasure; there were the greedy and greedy "gluttonies" who ate whatever they saw; there were the "candle dragons" in the land of no sun, who opened their eyes during the day and closed their eyes at night, and there were "Kunpeng" who flew thousands of miles; there were nine-tailed foxes, horizontal fish, and chaotic ......
They are good and evil, or they are hundreds of feet tall, or they have human faces and animal bodies, or they soar through the clouds and fog, or they call for wind and rain, or they breathe fire and flames, or they roar and shake the sky, and they can't be said one by one.
At that time, although human beings were the most spiritual beings in all things, they could only support themselves and were on the verge of extinction several times. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the sages to emerge one after another, and they led the people to fight against the demons, and the battle changed color, the mountains and rivers were shaken, and the heavens and the earth were shattered! Fortunately, the human race won one victory after another, and either completely wiped them out or drove them to those wild lands, and then established their homes.
Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, to Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, and then to Laozi, Confucius and other guys...... From setting up gossip, mending the cracks in the sky, tasting herbs, and creating words, to talking about morality and benevolence...... In this way, under the enlightenment and education of the sages, the human beings who once drank blood gradually entered civilization and gradually pacified the world, so they became the most noble of all things.
However, as the saying goes, "the saints do not die, but the thieves do not stop", although the demons have been defeated by others, because of all kinds of power, fame, and various doctrines and ideas, the human race has never stopped fighting for hegemony. In addition, the demons are unwilling to give up their former dominance, and for thousands of years, they have gathered all the people of the clan at every opportunity, and even colluded with the traitors in the human race, igniting the flames of war, intending to subvert the world......
Therefore, the face of Middle-earth Shenzhou has always been divided and combined, and the turnover is endless.
It is said that more than 150 years ago, there were troubled times, fortunately Li Taizu Huangya raised troops in this dynasty, and summoned the power of the three sages of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism to sweep away the chaos in the world.
This Great Li Dynasty bears the favor of God, passed to four generations, the emperor is a Ming monarch, and there are Confucian virtuous ministers and good generals, Taoist and Buddhist two high monks continuously, and finally ruled out a peaceful world, once desolate land, now everywhere can be seen prosperity.
Although the current world is not as landslides and cracks as in ancient times, it is lively enough.
This has to mention a group of people who have been honored as "real people" and "immortals" from ancient times to the present, they are one of the sages and sages who have overcome demons and demons, these people have either entered the clouds and flew without wings, or rode dragons and cranes, ascended to the heavens and entered the earth, or incarnated as birds and beasts, sneaked through rivers and seas, and soared over famous mountains; they gathered to form and disperse into qi, and a single thought incarnated into tens of millions, traveling through the world and the people did not know it.
Who wouldn't want to be such a real immortal?
In order to educate the ancestors, the "Book of Changes" cloud: "The saint set up a religion with Shinto", and now there are thousands of religions, among which there are three religions competing for power.
Which three religions are? Naturally, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
And because the world pursues to become immortals, Buddhas, and saints, the three religions are prevalent in the world, whether it is the monarchs and ministers in the court, or the old ladies and women in the fields, they all like to talk about Zen, and there are countless cultivators. But don't look at the pious appearance of those people, they all don't like each other, and they use each other and destroy each other, and I don't know how many years they have been making trouble.
Confucianism has a dispute between ancient and modern times, and a dispute between science and mind; there are ten sects in Buddhism, and there are ten sects in the Sutra and Esoteric religions, and there is victory and righteousness on this side, and there is emptiness on that side; and Taoism is divided into three parts of the world, namely the Erbium School, the Fu Gong School, and the Danding School.
What is the principle of heaven, what is the reason of the heart, what is the rebellion of the immortals, what is the double cultivation of life, what is the karma of death, what is the Buddha...... Ordinary people really don't understand.
They all have their own theories and pursuits!
And in the scriptures and classics of the two religions of Taoism and Buddhism, the immortal true ghost king? The Bodhisattva Buddha is often talking at length! The world cannot be sure whether the heavens of the fairy realm they are talking about exist, but although those high-ranking monks are not as powerful as the legendary immortals, there is no shortage of people with great magical powers.
Moreover, the development of all things has come to the present day, from mountains and rivers to pigsty and chicken coops, all of which have gods and spirits in charge; and people who die as ghosts have become gods when they are enshrined in ancestral shrines by the world, especially in those poor and remote areas, there are many names, and the number recorded in the scrolls of the imperial court is tens of thousands! At the same time, there are folk legends, and there are literati who have made many characters out of thin air......
I don't know which ones are true and which ones are false, so that in this world, "there are gods in the head", and there are ghosts and monsters without gods.
There are more than 109,000 sects in this world? There are countless side doors, there are countless witch doctors in the astrological phase, moving their lips to cast needles, watching the celestial phenomena and looking at the appearance, and they can spell the sky; here the sword fairy takes people's heads thousands of miles away with a snap of his fingers, focuses on kendo striking skills and enters the saint; and we must not forget those amorous fox fairies and ghosts, Hu gods and spirits from foreign lands......
Isn't it more lively than in ancient times when the world spends every day in endless turmoil?
If you want to say that the most lively and prosperous place in the Great Li Dynasty, out of the capital of Chang'an, it is none other than Jiangnan.
In the south of the Yangtze River, there is Jinling.
At present, it is the autumn equinox season when the wind is refreshing, the city of Jinling is bustling, the pedestrians on the street are full of energy, even if their clothes are not all gorgeous clothes, but at least they are clean and decent, and the shops on both sides of the street are lined up one after another, the restaurants and restaurants are like a market, the traffic in front of the mountain gate of the Taoist temple is busy, and there is the sound of reading from the academy and school, it is really lively.
There is a Taoist temple called Chaotian Palace on Yecheng Mountain in the city, but it is a mountain gate belonging to the southern sect of the Taoist Danding faction. At this time, the halls and courtyards of the Taoist temple were longing, and the people were busy walking around, and there was a tense atmosphere.
Under the noisy sound, there was a loud young man's chanting in the Xishan Dao Courtyard:
"Running around all day long is only for hunger, and only then can I think about clothes when I am full. I have enough food and clothing, and I want to be beautiful and beautiful. Marry a beautiful wife and give birth to children, hating no land and no foundation. Buy a lot of farmland, in and out of the boat less horses to ride. The head of the trough made mules and horses, and lamented that he had no official position and was bullied. The county lord is still too small, and he wants to hang purple clothes in the middle. If you want the world to be satisfied, except for Nanke's dream.
Isn't it a good poem...... It seems that it is still a little lacking, so add two more sentences in front of 'If you want the world to be satisfied': 'Purple clothes are worn and yellow robes are replaced, and the beauties of the harem receive three thousand.' became an emperor and sought immortality, and he wanted to ascend to the sky as an immortal. "Haha, this is like words, a gentleman has the beauty of an adult, don't I be......?" Ha Lu Ha ...... Don't laugh!
I don't want to be an emperor, but even if I can become an immortal in the future, I seem to have a lot of wishes......
'Riding the flying dragon and driving the Kunpeng, galloping outside the square, resting in the universe, the candle rises for ten days and makes the wind and rain, the thunder prince is a minister, the father is a servant, the concubine is a concubine, and the concubine is a wife. Between heaven and earth, how can there be enough to leave their will?'
Ahem, but the problem now is money, how can we raise enough money!! You can't sell the entire Taoist temple with people and animals, right? It seems to ...... Originally, we were selling our art, not our bodies......"