Chapter 119: The Remains of the Predecessors

Having said that, neither Qi Xuansu nor Zhang Yuelu relaxed their vigilance.

Qi Xuansu looked at the alchemy furnace: "Qingxiao, according to the formula in the storybook, there should be an elixir in the alchemy furnace that has been refined but has not been taken away. As long as we take away the elixir, we will immediately alert the Taoist in front of us. He will turn into a zombie and fight with us."

Zhang Yuelu did not comment, jumped directly, came to the top of the alchemy furnace, and opened the lid of the alchemy furnace.

This thing is quite heavy, but Zhang Yuelu is a heavenly being after all, not a weak woman without the strength to restrain a chicken, so he can pick it up.

"Empty." After Zhang Yuelu carefully looked at the various alchemy rooms inside the alchemy furnace, he replaced the lid of the alchemy furnace.

At this moment, a voice said: "As early as four hundred years ago, the elixir in the furnace had been taken away."

In an instant, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu both had chills running down their backs.

The two of them looked at the Taoist who was facing the alchemy furnace at the same time.

He remained motionless.

But Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu no longer thought this was a simple corpse.

Even if he doesn't have the slightest breath of life in him.

The two of them felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

After a moment, the Taoist slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were gray and white, as if covered with a layer of shading: "Are you also a member of the Taoist sect? You are so young but have a semi-immortal. It seems that your life experience will not be simple. You are from the righteous world. Zhang’s family?”

The three major families recognized in the world, in addition to the royal family and the Tian family, which often change members, are the Zhang family of the Taoist sect and the descendants of the saints of the Confucian sect. They are all aristocratic families with thousands of years of history. Even during the Jin and Jin Dynasties, the Zhang family was still a giant. On the contrary, the Li family, which now surpasses the Zhang family, had not yet become prosperous at that time. Only after Quanzhen Taoism is completely weakened will Taiping Taoism headed by the Li family gradually come to the fore.

Therefore, even if this strange relic comes from five hundred years ago and does not know about the Taoist sect of later generations, it will still know about the existence of the Zhang family.

Qi Xuansu signaled Zhang Yuelu not to reveal his origins rashly. Who knew the origin of this being who didn't know whether he was a human or a ghost in front of him? If he had a grudge against the Zhang family, wouldn't he just hit the target?

Qi Xuansu asked: "Senior, who are you?"

Yishang sighed: "Don't be nervous, I have no hostility. As you can see, I am just a poor person who has been trapped here for five hundred years because of the constraints of the corpse. In the past, there was a little girl who would come to visit from time to time. Me, we made a deal, she helped me out, and I gave her some benefits or help, but for some unknown reason, she hasn’t come for a while.”

Qi Xuansu asked: "Is the little girl the senior mentioned named Qian Xiangyun?"

"That's her name. Do you know her?" Yi Sheng's voice was very calm, without any anger at all.

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment and said, "She betrayed the Taoist sect and has fled overseas."

"Betrayal of the Taoist sect?" Yishuo seemed to find this statement a bit strange. "Betraying the sect is not a rare thing, but what could she do that would cause outrage and resentment and be accused of betraying the Taoist sect?"

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but asked: "Didn't she tell her seniors about the current Taoist sect?"

Yishang was silent for a moment and said, "I didn't ask, and she didn't tell either."

Qi Xuansu carefully considered his words and said: "Five hundred years ago, the Taoist sect was a piece of loose sand. Each branch and sect swept away the snow in front of the sect. There were even many conflicts and fights among themselves. Naturally, there is only one saying of betraying the sect, not the Taoist sect. , only those treacherous evil figures, or those who escape into Buddhism, will be regarded as betraying Taoism. But today's Taoism is different, it is unified, there is only one Taoism in the world, and the Taoism has only one leader. As a vassal of Taoism, Buddhism also bows to Taoism.”

Yishang was silent for a long time this time, and said slowly: "The Taoist sect has become another imperial court?"

Qi Xuansu didn't know how to answer.

Zhang Yuelu took over the conversation: "That's understandable."

Yishang didn't speak for a long time. He seemed to be imagining what a unified Taoist sect would look like, subduing Confucianism and Buddhism, and not having to rely on the imperial court.

He couldn't imagine it.

After a long time, Yishang asked: "Who is the current leader of the Taoist sect...?"

Qi Xuansu said: "The six generations of great masters have ascended and passed away. Now the three deputy masters, the great masters, are now in charge of the Taoist sect, that is, the great heavenly master, the earthly energy master, and the great wise master."

This is the predecessor of the Heavenly Master, the Earth Master, and the National Master. It has been passed down for a long time, and the old antique can understand it when he hears it.

Yishuo murmured: "The battle between the two divisions of heaven and earth lasted for hundreds of years, but now they are working together in the same dynasty? What about the Yuxu sword fight?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "The last Yuxu sword fight happened two hundred years ago. Now Yuxu Peak is where Yujing is, and you cannot use force at will."

"Isn't Yujing sealed by Nanhua Daojun?" Yishang obviously knew many outdated secrets.

Zhang Yuelu continued to explain: "After the last sword fight in Yuxu, the Taishang Taoist ancestor appeared as a saint, and the Kunlun Cave fell to the ground. Yujing then appeared on Yuxu Peak. It was the capital of the Taoist sect. The great leader lived here, and there were Taoist priests in the city. There are more than 100,000 lingguan and Taoist people who travel all over the world by flying boats. Taoist sects have set up Taoist mansions and Taoist palaces in 19 states in the world. "

Yishang once again fell into a long silence.

After all, one is the dark age and the other is the civilized age. One wants to look up to the court and flatter the emperor and the powerful. The other regarded the court as barbaric and claimed to be civilized. The gap is like the top of a mountain to the bottom of a valley.

Zhang Yuelu's preparations for a long time were naturally meaningful. She took out her own sutra and said in a deep voice: "I am a Taoist priest of the third rank of Youyi in the Taoist sect. I have been ordered to investigate the evidence of Qian Xiangyun's defection. I hope you can cooperate. Otherwise, the thunder will come and the punishment will be imposed."

The disciples of the Taoist sect today are so domineering.

"Nine-rank Zhongzheng system?" The remains looked at the sutra in Zhang Yuelu's hand and could sense that it was a treasure. Using a treasure as proof of identity can better show how powerful the Taoist sect is now. Compared with the past, it is simply a poor man who has transformed into a prince.

Qi Xuansu also took out his own sutra: "I am a Taoist priest of the fourth rank of Jijiu in the Taoist sect. I hope you can cooperate with me."

The two sutras are basically the same, but the details are different, which is more convincing.

Yi Tui had to believe it and asked, "Grand Heavenly Master, Earth Qi Master, and Great Sage Master, what rank are they?"

Zhang Yuelu said, "They are first-rank innocent Taoist priests, and they are higher than ordinary first-rank innocent Taoist priests. They are extremely special first-rank innocent Taoist priests."

Yi Tui understood and simply summarized, "Three Dukes of the First Rank."

"In that case, the Grand Master is the emperor." Yi Tui said again.

Zhang Yuelu corrected, "There is no emperor in Taoism. Taoism is not a Taoist sect of one family or one surname. The Grand Master is jointly elected by the Jinque composed of a group of real people."

Yi Tui summarized again, "The abdication of the ancient emperor, the nine-rank system in the East, and the aristocratic republic in the West have mixed into a strange system. The lower-level Taoist priests seem to have a choice, but in fact they can only choose one out of three bad eggs. What is the difference between the so-called Jinque and the Western Senate?"

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu looked at each other.

Yi Tui must have been a great figure in his life, and his views on the current Taoism are a bit too sharp.

Of course, another way to put it is to be bold. If the Third Master were here, you would not be able to get out alive just based on this sentence.

Fortunately, he met Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, who belonged to the young and vigorous faction of the Taoist sect and did not think that this statement was so harsh. To some extent, it even expressed part of their thoughts.

Qi Xuansu had said long ago that it was the children of the noble families who competed for the position of the Grand Master. How could the children of ordinary origins like them stand out?

Of course, every time at this time, Qi Xuansu had to reflect on himself. He had Qi Niang as his godmother. Whether he could be considered ordinary was still in doubt. From a certain perspective, he and Zhang Yuelu were quite well matched. In the eyes of outsiders, they both had backgrounds and status. In fact, in the eyes of the real children of the noble families, they were all small branches. Take Qi Xuansu for example. Although Qi Niang was from the Yao family, she was an adopted daughter and had no position in the Taoist sect. She could not really help Qi Xuansu much in terms of promotion in the Taoist sect.

Zhang Yuelu coughed lightly: "Senior."

Yitui stopped thinking about these institutional issues and said: "You represent the current Dao Sect and asked me to cooperate. People have to bow their heads under the eaves, so of course I can cooperate, just like the deal I made with Qian Xiangyun. If you help me get out of trouble, I can agree to anything. As for after I get out of trouble, I swear that I will abide by the rules of Dao Sect. After all, according to what you said, with the current strength of Dao Sect, even if I was alive, I couldn't compete."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Senior, you mentioned your life more than once. May I ask what your name was when you were alive?"

Yitui was silent for a while, and slowly said: "My surname was Lin and my given name was Lingsu."

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu were both shocked.

It was indeed this Mr. Tongzhen Daling! The Great Jin State Master who once forced the monk to change his name to Deshi.

But this led to a question. Lin Lingsu sat here and passed away, so who was the person who later laid the foundation for the future generations of the Shenxiao lineage in Huzhou?

The rise of the Shenxiao lineage was at the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Wei Dynasty. There was a hundred years of golden tent in between. During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty, the founder of the Shenxiao lineage was named "Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun" and the current leader was named "Tongwei Xianhua Zhenren". To this day, the representative of the Shenxiao lineage is Shenxiao Zhenren, one of the thirty-six Canzhi Zhenren of Taoism, who belongs to Quanzhen Taoism.

There is no doubt that Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun and Mr. Tongzhen Daling are both the founders of the Shenxiao lineage and have a very deep origin.

From the last appearance of Mr. Tongzhen Daling Lin Lingsu in the world to the conferment of Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun, it was more than a hundred years, which greatly exceeded the time of immortals. However, according to the records of Taoism, Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun survived a heavenly tribulation and could stay in the world for two hundred years. Mr. Tongzhen Daling failed in the second Buddhist-Taoist battle and resigned as a national teacher and returned to his hometown when he was just forty years old.

If Mr. Tongzhen Daling is Qingxu Yuanmiao Zhenjun, then the time is completely right.