Chapter 144: Elders of the Ceremony
The Nine Cities of the Northland, Xuanhe Lizhu, it has been six years since Jiang Yuanchen's water god incarnation ordered the Northland to sort out the entire Lingzhou Shinto.
Guarding the northern land and guarding the dividing line between Yizhou and Lingzhou. The Xuanhe River is of strategic significance in the overall situation. The Xuanhe River is not broken, and the northern land of Lingzhou is not lost.
On this day, a boy suddenly came to Longyuan Lake according to the decree of Taixu. Now Longyuan Lake, as the source of the Xuanhe River, is also the foundation of his water palace.
"Respect the Tai Xuan Dynasty, the Dragon Yuan Water Monarch dominates the Xuanhe River, protects the common people, and makes great contributions. Specially given the golden seal of mountains and rivers, and entered the Fuyun Shrine. "A boy took Xunyang's edict and gave him a seal.
Jiang Yuanchen's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly put away the law seal and sent the boy away.
"Uncle Shi actually gave this thing?" The water god incarnated and returned to the water temple, and after reading Xunyang's letter, he began to practice the mountain and river seal.
The mountain and river seal is of great significance to the Taixu Dao Sect, because this thing is the foundation of the Taixu Dao Sect to rule the gods. Therefore, a special monk is needed to guard the mountain and river hall, preside over the mountain and river seal, and be responsible for the sacrificial canonization of the gods.
Originally, Wei Hong and Liu Kai were in charge, but now Liu Kai felt that the Beidi party had some understanding and entered retreat, while several other eighth-generation disciples Chen Hao were reincarnated, Sikong Changming was in retreat, and Sun Kang went out to travel, so he could only continue to pass it on.
In the nine generations, Jiang Yuanchen happened to be the highest cultivator, and there was the incarnation of the water god, so Xun Yang simply gave this thing and ordered him to try to sense the location of the Floating Cloud Divine Palace.
The Floating Cloud Divine Palace is what Jing Yuan Zhenren said at the beginning that made Jiang Yuanchen feel it. The Divine Palace is essentially the remains of the Heavenly Palace opened up by the Juyan Heavenly God in the past, and it was rebuilt into the Divine Palace after being collected by the Taixu Dao Sect. The original intention was to use the Divine Palace as the spiritual vein center of a place to regulate the vitality of the mountains and rivers, but later it was found that no one could sit in it. Because he needs a monk who is at least at the Xuanguang level to respect the main divine palace, and he also needs to match the path he chooses and get rid of the power of suppression.
So later, there was the practice of the Mountain and River Temple, and Lingzhou was divided into three regions. The core area, the sect area, and the wilderness area. If someone respects the main shrine and controls the entire Shinto system in Lingzhou, then as long as there are gods doing evil, they can be detected in an instant, instead of needing to send people to travel to Lingzhou from time to time. Even the control of Lingzhou will be stronger.
Now that Lingzhou has a Kyushu dragon vein moving, there are more places that need to be guarded against, and it just so happens that Jiang Yuanchen's water god incarnation is suitable for this way, and after the three of them are combined, let Jiang Yuanchen try the chance, and hand over the mountain and river seal to Jiang Yuanchen to take charge.
People's hearts are secretive, and if others are worried, they may still be worried about betraying their master, but Jiang Yuanchen's body grew up in Zixia Cave Heaven, and there is a connection in the dark. If Jiang Yuanchen wanted to persecute the Dao Sect, his own luck would fall.
"But Uncle Shi meant. I incarnate to take charge of the mountain and river seal, so I need to let go for the time being and concentrate on going to Lang Huan Hall to be an elder who cares for the deacons?"
Now Jiang Yuanchen has been in the outer gate for exactly thirty years, and he also received Xunyang's decree to let him go to Langhuan Hall for handover, and hand over the outer gate to Chu Chaoyun to be responsible.
Seeing Jiang Yuanchen pondering with the decree in his hand, the scarlet dragon, who was eating and drinking, stretched out his hand and grabbed the decree, ignoring the grease on his hand: "Elder Deacon, are you going to be promoted?"
"If you don't get promoted, it should be said that it's a flat adjustment, or is it still a decline?" Jiang Yuanchen said.
The three elders of the Lang Huan Palace. Preach, do deeds. The status of the preaching elders is the most noble, after all, they are responsible for teaching the disciples and have a lot of contact opportunities, while the deacons are only responsible for the rituals and rituals, which can be regarded as idle duties.
This is a trade-off, and now Jiang Yuanchen is in control of the big killing weapon of Shanhe Yin. Then, of course, he will not be allowed to have a foundation in the outer gate. Directly transferred to the Langhuan Hall to be responsible for ceremonial sacrifices, it happens to be responsible for sacrificing to the gods and judging good and evil.
"Oh?" Of course, the scarlet dragon with a mouthful of oil who was eating with a snake meat bun couldn't guess Jiang Yuanchen's thoughts, and he had been in contact with Elder Cao and Chu Chaoyun all the year round, and the scarlet dragon had a simple temperament except to eat and eat. And because of the congenital Dao body, there is no pressure of obesity, and after washing and dressing up, he is still a handsome and strong red-haired youth.
Wiping the corners of his mouth, he patted Jiang Yuanchen on the back after washing with a water balloon, and said to Scarlet Dragon: "The old man has been practicing magic weapons for the past two days, and I will go with you!"
Kicking away the scarlet dragon wrapped around his body, Jiang Yuanchen was full of helplessness, shook his head and walked towards Langhuan Palace.
When he walked to the Langhuan Palace, Fu Ming was sorting out the Taoist scriptures on the second floor, and Jiang Yuanchen and the others waited below. It just so happened that Ge Tianying was also here, and Ge Tianying was also stunned, and said with a smile: "My nephew is also here to find Uncle Fu Ming to hand over?"
Jiang Yuanchen saw the jade plaque on Ge Tianying's body and said, "Uncle Shi also wants to be an elder?"
"Yes, now that the Dao Sect is slowly regaining its vitality, and the number of Jindan monks is slowly increasing, I am afraid that the senior brother in charge means to fill the thirty-three elders of one palace and three halls. ”
"Your generation is also lucky. While waiting for Fu Ming, Ge Tianying said: "In our generation, when Ning was in charge of the Fa system, the six Supreme Elders of the Pure Yang Palace were all sixth-generation disciples, and most of the twenty-seven elders of the Third Hall were seventh-generation core disciples, and only a few were inner disciples, and they were all sixth-generation or seventh-generation, and no one in our eight-generation disciples occupied a high position at all. ”
Jiang Yuanchen was dumbfounded, yes, they can be said to be stained with the light of the Demon Tribulation. After the Demon Tribulation, the Dao Sect was empty, and even the real people began to frequently reveal Xingzang to give them guidance. At the time of the eight generations of disciples, don't expect it at all. It's hard to meet a real person, and it's hard to meet an elder. There are more than 20 core disciples, counting the true inheritance candidates, there are still a lot, where is it like Jiang Yuanchen and them, who were all the elders to guide them from the beginning?
"There are more people, there are factions, and Senior Brother Xunyang, as the head of the family, happens to be the one who has no fight after the Demon Tribulation, but if the next generation is spoke-"
"You two are here. Fu Ming walked down from the second floor and interrupted Ge Tianying's words. However, Jiang Yuanchen also guessed what he was going to say. Isn't it the battle for the head of their generation of disciples?
The inheritance model of the Taixu Dao Sect is a "big classroom", but it does not mean that there is no master-apprentice inheritance. Wei Hong and Liu Kai are masters and apprentices, and Li Wen is Xunyang's personal disciple. It's just that there were only five disciples left in the eighth generation at the beginning, Chen Hao and Sun Kang didn't like to accept apprentices, and Sikong Changming was busy recuperating from his injuries, so only Li Wen had a clear mentorship in this generation of disciples, and the others were still recorded under the name of the original chief of the eighth generation.
But a hundred years later, when the nine generations of disciples grew up, there were at least twenty core disciples there. Then the ten generations of disciples can worship under their seats, and at this time, the relationship between the disciples is definitely not as good as Jiang Yuanchen and others. Even the disciples of Ling Yunfeng are beginning to have friction at the moment. Because of the large number of people, it is far less than when Jiang Yuanchen first started. Besides, don't forget, didn't they also have Zhu Chunzheng and Tao Yuan during that time?
Fu Ming gave the two of them a new jade plaque, and said: "You two will be in charge of ritual sacrifices in the future, so go to the sacrificial hall to choose the sacrificial utensils yourself." ”
The sacrificial hall, the place of ritual sacrifice of the Taixu Taoist Sect. The scarlet dragon waited outside the door, and the two entered the sacrificial hall to practice with jade plates, and if someone wanted to enter this place in the future, they would need their jade card seal.
The Yuanyang Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Tianyang Immortal Monarch, and it is also the key to promoting its own legitimacy for the Taixu Dao Sect. Although the monks do not celebrate once a year, they celebrate every once in a while. In addition, there are sacrifices to the gods, rewards and punishments, divination, and auspiciousness, and door rules and rituals need to be checked and discussed by the three elders.
Jiang Yuanchen and Ge Tianying are now stationed in the festival, and they only see eight sacrificial ritual vessels in the center of the festival.
"The jade ruler that records the door rules, the pure yang jade ring that presides over the Yuanyang Sacrifice Hall, the Yuanjie scepter that is responsible for rewarding and punishing the gods, and the Xuanguang Mirror that performs divination......"
The two looked at the eight sacrificial vessels, and Ge Tianying said, "Master and nephew choose first." "Ge Tianying is the person who has a good relationship with Jiang Yuanchen among the inner disciples, after all, it was Jiang Yuanchen who went to the Black Car Country to save Ge Tianying's life.
Jiang Yuanchen took a jade staff by himself: "In the future, I will be responsible for the sacrifice of the gods, and as for the door rules or something, Uncle Shi will take care of it." ”
Hearing this, Ge Tianying took the jade ruler himself: "In the future, you and I will be in charge of the festival, and we will need to take care of it a lot." "The eight sacrificial vessels are all under their control, but what they are responsible for each other, the two of them also have a tacit understanding.
For the next generation of leaders, Ge Tianying is naturally optimistic about Jiang Yuanchen, thinking that Jiang Yuanchen is the most qualified person to inherit the position of head.
Along the way, he frequently showed goodwill, and even the scarlet dragon's rough and leafy people noticed it.
"It's nature. Jiang Yuanchen smiled slightly, and a tacit understanding was reached between the two. As for the position of head, Jiang Yuanchen is not in a hurry at all. After all, it's too early to say what the future will look like.
"By the way, there's one thing that we both need to preside over at the moment. Ge Tianying thought about it and said, "Now that the first year has passed, and it is time for the sect to audit, Lingyun Peak, Tiancang Peak, and the inner disciples and the outer sect will audit, you and I will always come up with a plan." ”
"There's still half a month to go. Jiang Yuanchen pinched his fingers and said, "Don't pay attention to the audit of the outer gate, and when the time comes, Senior Brother Chu will solve it by himself." As for the review of the ordinary disciples of the inner sect and the disciples of the true lineage, might as well be in one place?"
Outer disciples, if they have achieved foundation building before the age of thirty, they can enter Lingyun Peak to practice, and if they enter the inner gate before the age of sixty, they can go to Luoyan Peak to practice. And if the disciple of Ling Yunfeng achieves the golden pill before the age of a hundred, he will transfer to Tiancang Peak as a true core disciple. And if you can't achieve Jindan, you have to go to the inner gate Luoyan Peak to continue to practice, like Ge Tianying, you can't practice the supreme magic method on the "Taixu Ziyang Golden Chapter".
Therefore, the relationship between Luoyan Peak, Lingyun Peak and Tiancang Peak is a little dirty, and the people who have some yearning for Tiancang Peak in the hearts of the disciples of Luoyan Peak in the inner gate will also find a way to struggle to enter Tiancang Peak to practice.
"This time the Three Peaks Federation Competition, let the cultivators take a look at the demeanor of our generation of true disciples!" Half of the nine generations of disciples have been recorded, and these dozen or so disciples should be allowed to appear more in front of their peers. It's easy to recognize people after you go out, right?
"Yiqiē, the master and nephew are in charge. If you need it, come to Kitahara Peak to find me. The two walked out of the sacrificial hall, the scarlet dragon was gnawing with an eagle claw, and when they saw Jiang Yuanchen coming out, they greeted him without saying a word.
"Then I'll go first. Ge Tianying saw a sloppy-looking scarlet dragon, frowned and left directly. (To be continued......)