Chapter 197: Journey to Shu (I)
The warriors in the stage of heavenly freedom are in the state of seeing the gods indestructible.
What kind of gods are they seeing when they say "seeing gods"? To put it bluntly, it is the body god.
As early as the state of the mind connecting all heavens in the return to the true stage, the warriors began to condense the body god. When they reached the stage of freedom, they condensed all the main acupoints in the body. One acupoint and one god, connected into a whole, is "seeing gods".
As for "indestructible", it is because the acupoints after condensation are incredibly solid.
The inheritance of the five immortals of Taoism has its own connection. There is no need to talk about the layers of progress such as the exiled immortals, the Qi-refining scholars, and the scattered people. In fact, the human immortals represented by the warriors also have many connections with the gods. Why is the previous state of seeing the gods indestructible the mind connecting all heavens? In short, the body god is also a god, a god that has been miniaturized countless times. In a sense, the acupoints after condensation are equivalent to a small kingdom of gods, and the body god is the god in it.
Just look at the fact that it is difficult for earthly immortals, who are also immortals, to destroy the kingdom of gods, and you can understand why they are called indestructible. At least, at the same level, it is difficult to destroy the acupoints of warriors.
However, the fact that the acupoints and body spirit are difficult to destroy does not mean that human immortals cannot defeat them. Even human immortals who have reached the stage of immortality can only condense more than 1,200 main acupoints, and it is impossible to successfully condense more than 30,000 acupoints. Even if the acupoints cannot be destroyed, other places will still be destroyed.
In the past, Xuansheng and Tan Taiyun had a very tragic battle in the North Palace of the Great Wilderness. Although Tan Taiyun's acupoints were not destroyed, the rest of his body could not withstand Xuansheng's attack. At first glance, Tan Taiyun was like 1,200 light spots outlining the outline of a person, and the "filling" between the points disappeared, which was extremely weird. But then again, if it were other immortals, I'm afraid they would have died on the spot. Only human immortals can be so strong.
Because of this, although the warriors in the Xiaoyao stage cannot fly, they are the most resistant to attacks. This is also the reason why Zhang Yuelu did not get the upper hand against Zhao Fuan. Although the earthly immortals are said to be second only to the heavenly immortals, they will not be worthy of the name until the longevity stage. Before that, the human immortals are stronger. However, in many cases, the human immortals are unable to get close and are prone to being beaten.
In this case, Zhao Fuan was actually broken an arm by Ji Jiaozhen, which shows that Ji Jiaozhen is at least one level higher than Zhao Fuan, that is, the Wuliang stage, and is on par with Lei Xiaohuan.
At this level, no matter how indifferent you are, as long as you don’t make a big mistake, the Taoist will symbolically grant you the title of a real person.
Some people may say that it is unfair, and those who are promoted by merit will suffer a loss. In fact, it is not the case. Not to mention that there are also Canzhi Zhenren above Zhenren, and the competition is very fierce. Even if they are ordinary Zhenren, there are still differences in positions. The chief, the second and the nominal positions at the bottom are not the same. Even many idle Zhenren have no positions at all. They have the title of Zhenren, which means that the treatment is slightly better. At this level, who cares about that little treatment? What matters is the real power.
Qi Xuansu considered this before deciding to seek revenge on Zhao Fuan. After truly completing the "God's Mysterious Jade", he not only became a celestial being, but also promoted other warrior inheritances and alchemist inheritances to the celestial stage. However, there is still a problem, that is, these inheritances are not complete. As an alchemist, he has no condensed thoughts, and as a warrior, he has no condensed body and spirit.
As far as the warrior is concerned, Qi Xuansu has the physique, blood, and supernatural powers of a celestial warrior, but lacks the crucial acupoints and body spirit.
In addition to being extremely strong, the acupoints and body spirit also play a role in connection.
As we all know, people cannot fully control every piece of their flesh and blood. Just like an ordinary dynasty, the lack of grassroots officials leads to the fact that the imperial power does not go to the countryside. The court can only mobilize part of the human and material resources, and the other parts operate according to certain rules and do not change because of the court's ideas.
The acupoints and body spirits of the immortals complement this part of the "grassroots officials", so that the will of the "emperor" can reach every corner of the "empire", implement the will of the "emperor", and truly fully master and exert all the strength.
In other words, the 365 acupoints of the heavenly warriors are 365 tiny centers, which are truly one with the will of the warriors, and then radiate around them with them as the center, helping the warriors to control every bit of strength, to be truly meticulous, and to pave the way for the next realm of ever-changing, and the magic derived from the flesh and blood is also on a higher level. As long as the acupoints are not damaged, no matter how severely the flesh and blood are injured, they can be quickly restored and reorganized with the acupoints as the core.
The most intuitive manifestation is that Qi Xuansu had one arm cut off by Feng Bo, and he still needed to find the broken arm and reconnect it, while the Tianren Wufu no longer needed to cut off his arm, and could completely rely on the acupoints to regenerate an arm out of thin air. The principle is to use the acupoints as points, connect the points into lines, outline the outline, and then fill the outline with flesh, blood, meridians, and bones with the magic derived from flesh and blood.
Therefore, it is difficult for Qi Xuansu to challenge the authentic Wufu with only an incomplete Wufu inheritance, and the Taoshi inheritance without thoughts, even if it reaches the Tianren stage, cannot be said to be out of the virtual and into the real, and is still restrained by the real blood of the Wufu.
On the contrary, Qi Xuansu's Wuzhu inheritance is relatively complete. First, he got a large "God's Mysterious Jade", and then used some "Mysterious Jade" fragments to make up for the missing Dharma. Compared with the authentic Tianren Wuzhu, it is at least 70% complete.
So Qi Xuansu thought about it and decided to fight Zhao Fuan with the help of the scattered people and the witches. The key was that Qi Jianyuan gave him great confidence. Since he could beat Qi Jianyuan in the return to the true stage, it made no sense that he could not beat Zhao Fuan in the heavenly stage.
But then again, confidence is one thing, and not being careless is another. Zhang Yuelu suffered some minor losses at the hands of Zhang Fuan, which shows that Zhao Fuan is definitely not a young man like Qi Jianyuan who has a weak foundation and lacks experience. Qi Xuansu is not the only one in the world who is experienced. Zhao Fuan came from the army and became a general commander. He must have had a lot of experience in fighting with others and even fighting life and death.
Therefore, Qi Xuansu was not blindly arrogant. When he arrived at Shuzhong Prefecture, it was completely dark. Qi Xuansu and Ji Jiaozhen did not go directly to the general's office, but found the local Taiping Inn to stay temporarily. Then Qi Xuansu humbly asked Ji Jiaozhen about many details of the two people's fight, so that they could be prepared and unintentional, know the enemy and know yourself, and fight a hundred battles without danger.
It was not until the next morning that the two left the Taiping Inn and went directly to the general's office in the city.
In theory, the general should be in the barracks, but there have been peace for a long time and few wars, so the general also built an office, which is not much different from the official on weekdays.
In front of the general's office, there is a large square of four acres, which implicitly means "the court governs the four directions". In the middle of the big square stands a three-meter-long flagpole with a pole, facing the gate and the two huge stone lions on both sides of the stone steps. It is majestic with its spaciousness. Along the two eight-character walls on both sides of the gate stone lions, there are personal soldiers lined up against the wall, with amazing momentum.
Qi Xuansu and Ji Jiaozhen came to the edge of the big square.
Qi Xuansu looked up at the three-meter-high flagpole with a pole, put his hands behind his back and slowly clenched his fists. Various objects were hung on his waist: horizontal sword, sutras, hand guns, and magic tools.
He had an impulse to break the flagpole directly, but he knew very well that such an act was a provocation to the court. Even if he was a Taoist, it would cause a lot of trouble and was unwise.
Compared with Qi Xuansu's full armor, Ji Jiaozhen was very simple. He didn't even carry a sutra. He just hung a wine gourd on his waist and took a sip from time to time.
The black-clad people guarding the gate had naturally seen the two suspicious people a long time ago, but both of them were dressed as Taoist priests. They were not ordinary people who could be easily controlled. The black-clad people were also afraid of the Taoist priests. In Western terms, this was the clergy class. They were not only of noble status and special position, but also had extra-legal power. They also had powerful military force. Who would dare to provoke them rashly?
In fact, this was also helpless. The Taoist priests had powerful military force and were almost a natural privileged class. This was not the wealth of the rich, the power of officials, or the bloodline, but it confirmed a simple truth that a big fist meant a superiority.
The military force of the Taoist priests was not only difficult to deprive, but also made the Taoist priests gradually depart from the category of "human beings". They practiced fasting and eating qi, flew into the sky and hid in the ground, and called the wind and rain. Even the difference between immortals and humans was greater than the difference between humans and monkeys.
Maybe occasionally there was a person with noble morals who was willing to get along with ordinary people on an equal footing, but the will of his entire class must be superior to all living beings. This is almost impossible to change, because this is the most fundamental human nature. If anyone becomes a Taoist priest, they will definitely think this way. This idea is also simple. I can destroy you with just one finger. Why should I be on an equal footing with you?
Even Xuansheng cannot change this will. He can only regulate and restrain it. On the one hand, Taoist priests are given higher status, power and treatment to appease them, and on the other hand, they are given missions and responsibilities through moral discipline, and finally a reward and punishment system guaranteed by strong means is implemented to form a stable order.
In this process, justice is not necessary, fairness is not necessary, and stability is paramount.
Therefore, the laws of Taoism are to ensure the interests of the ruling class of Taoism. The entire Taoist class is the ruling class of Taoism, so for all Taoist priests, the law is fair and just.
If we blindly force equality with morality, it will only cause the collapse of order. Wealth and power need order, but this kind of personal force does not need order at all. The huge power that erupts after the entire Taoist class loses control is enough to destroy an empire. At that time, it will not be the Taoists who hold powerful military power who will suffer, but the ordinary people.
Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties only wanted to control Taoism and never thought of destroying it.
In this way, the relationship between the entire Taoist class and ordinary people has become the relationship between gods and believers. Believers offer incense to gods, and gods give believers protection and blessings, and both sides get what they need. In a sense, the existence of cults such as secret societies has deepened the necessity and orthodoxy of the existence of Taoism.
More importantly, do not block the connection between the two classes, do not build any barriers, do not just think about taking all the benefits for thousands of years, and let ordinary people enter the Taoist class through various channels. Wanxiang Taoist Palace is a great proof. To put it bluntly, ordinary people are not afraid of having a sky above their heads, but they are afraid of not seeing hope and not finding the steps to heaven. Let people have thoughts.