Chapter 132 Game (Part 2)

Zhang Yuelu suddenly remembered many things.

Why is that figure not there?

Because he had died in the Imperial Capital many years ago.

The winter of the 42nd year of Jiushi, that was many years ago. That year was an extraordinary year for her and the Taoist sect.

At that time, she was just a rising star. She was attacked by the ancient immortals on the first day of the new year. The second major case in Jiangnan broke out in the middle of the year. At the end of the year, there was chaos in the Imperial Capital again.

It is said that the Taoist sect and the imperial court are on par, but in terms of high-end combat power, the imperial court is not as good as the Taoist sect.

For the Taoist sect, it is certainly not easy to launch a large-scale war to replace the dynasty, but when Beilong is weak and dying, it is not difficult to plan a small palace coup against the upper echelons of the court, especially for the targeted elimination of some senior officials. The Taoist sect is experienced in this regard. For example, in the previous Wei Dynasty, the Western Dao Sect, led by Song Zheng, personally plotted against the then Qinzhong Governor Qi Ying in order to split the land and establish a kingdom. Xu Wugui personally plotted against him, causing his body to decay. At that time, Qi Ying had countless masters under his command, but no one could break Xu Wugui's spell. In the end, Qi Ying died, and the Western Dao Sect successfully established the later Great Zhou.

The Dao Sect has only been in power twice, once now, and once can be traced back to the White Emperor's worship of Huang Lao. But when it comes to the rebellion of the Dao Sect, it is experienced. From the death of Cang Tian and the establishment of Huang Tian to the rebellion of King Ning and then to the establishment of the Great Zhou, the Confucian Sect has always been in high position in the temple, and the Dao Sect has always been far away from the rivers and lakes, like the two sides of yin and yang, entangled endlessly. Until the last time, the Dao Sect succeeded and finally got rid of this situation. Although Daxuan was also from the Dao Sect, he was quite worried about this because of the change in position.

For the court, the Dao Sect is like a sword hanging over its head. When it falls, it does not depend on the court, but on the Dao Sect. This feeling is extremely uncomfortable. The court must find a way to reverse the situation and let themselves hold the sword.

The incident in the winter of the 42nd year of Jiushi was an attempt by the court. At that time, the three sects were at odds, and the internal struggle of the Taoist sect intensified. It was on the verge of splitting. It was a golden opportunity.

After the Taoist sect learned the news, it was determined to destroy the court's plan with a thunderbolt action, codenamed "Dingxinyuan".

So she was ordered to go to the Imperial Capital, no, it should be that they were ordered to go to the Imperial Capital.

The attitude of the Taoist sect was to suppress, not to stop. The word "Ding" shows that the Taoist sect looked down on this matter. If it was the Taoist sect in its heyday, it might have to investigate it to the end. By then, I don't know how many people would have to hide their names and commit suicide to apologize.

It's just that the Taoist sect at that time can't be said to have greatly declined in strength, but the internal struggle occupied too much energy. In short, the estimation of this matter was somewhat insufficient.

When the three of them came to the depths of the Five Elements Mountain as planned, they met Li Changge, who was her opponent in the competition for the position of the Grand Master.

Li Changge fought one against three, but was eventually defeated. The sword in her hand broke, and she fell into a lower realm. Finally, she was rescued by a master of the Li family.

Just as she was about to complete the mission, the Five Elements Mountain was in turmoil.

In the end, she was the only one who escaped.

After this incident, Yao Pei died and Li Changge was disabled. Who could still be her opponent? What's more, she had the great merit of "calming the heart".

Soon, she was promoted to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest by exception. After the youngest third-grade Youyi Taoist priest, she became the youngest second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest and served as the second deputy master of Wuzhou Daofu. Five years later, she returned to Yujing and served as the second deputy master of Beichen Hall. She also served as the chief assistant of Wanshou Chongyang Palace and the chief deputy master of Huasheng Hall. Ten years later, she became the youngest Canzhi Zhenren in Taoism, took over the mantle of Cihang Zhenren of all generations, and took charge of Jiangnan Daofu. This is also her "blessed land". Two major cases in Jiangnan helped her advance to a higher level twice, and now it has become her final step to the top.

In a blink of an eye, she was forty years old and returned to Yujing again to become the head of Tiangang Hall, which was considered to be true to her original intention.

During her tenure, the dispute between Taoism and Buddhism arose again, and then there was a war that lasted for more than ten years. During this period, she rose step by step. After the war, she became the head of Ziwei Hall and the chief assistant of Jinque. Looking around, there was no enemy.

So when she was fifty-six years old, she was naturally elected as the eighth generation of the headmaster.

After more than thirty years of ups and downs, she was no longer the same as she was back then. Many past events were buried in her heart. However, when she ascended to the position of the headmaster, the memories of the past suddenly surged up and attacked her heart.

The man who said "let go when the time comes" was ultimately unable to stand by her side, or let her stand by him.

A huge sense of guilt and sadness came over her instantly, making her unable to control herself.

The bronze tripod was still hanging high in the night sky, the green and red incense head flickered, and the purple air was ethereal.

Half of the incense stick, which was like a giant pillar, had been burned.

One hour and eight quarters, a little more than four quarters had passed.

Zhang Yuelu sank into a deep state of delusion.

Xuanji did not force Zhang Yuelu to indulge in it with her realm cultivation, which was equivalent to cheating. Afterwards, Zhang Yuelu refused to admit it and made a fuss, and the Heavenly Master had something to say. So the delusion she set up was very clever, and it just took advantage of Zhang Yuelu's own desires and obsessions.

Zhang Yuelu was not a saint, and she also had desires and obsessions. Her biggest obsession now was to reform the Taoist sect and eliminate the malpractices, and the premise for doing this was to become the Grand Master, so to some extent, the two were one, and Zhang Yuelu's obsession could also be to become the Grand Master.

In the delusion, Xuanji cleared all obstacles for Zhang Yuelu. Yao Pei died, Li Changge was disabled, and she became the Grand Master without any obstacles. She still had more than 40 years to take revenge, and this was just the beginning.

Are you willing to wake up?

Although Buddhism does not have a view of the universe or the world, it has a very unique view of itself, otherwise it would not be listed as one of the three religions with Taoism and Confucianism.

The eight consciousnesses are the basic correct views of Buddhism. Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind are the first six consciousnesses. The seventh consciousness is the root of mind, also known as manas, and the eighth consciousness is Tathagata, also known as Alaya and Zhenru.

Among them, the seventh consciousness, manas, means thinking. The Mahayana Broad Treatise on the Five Aggregates states: "The most superior intention is the consciousness that takes the storehouse consciousness as the object, which is always in accordance with self-ignorance, self-view, self-conceit, and self-love, and follows the previous and the next. Except for the Arhat path, the extinction of the present is in the previous position."

The manas consciousness always regards the "viewing part" of the eighth alaya consciousness as "I" and "constantly examines and thinks about it". Manas is the root of the sixth consciousness, which is always in accordance with the four afflictions of self-ignorance, self-view, self-conceit, and self-love. Its nature is "covered and unconscious". This consciousness is the root of self-attachment. If it is attached to delusion, it will create all kinds of evil karma. On the contrary, it will eliminate afflictions and evil karma and thoroughly understand the truth of the emptiness of both people and dharma. Therefore, it is called the pure and defiled consciousness, also known as the thinking consciousness and the thinking and transforming consciousness.

The function of the sixth consciousness is to distinguish the object of the root of mind. Although the distinction is subjective, it has no position. The function of manas consciousness is still to distinguish, but it is a subjective distinction with a position. This is the difference between consciousness and manas consciousness.

The position of manas is "self". That is to say, manas always stands on the position of "self" to calculate and think about all the interests of "self". This is the function of manas.

Because of the "self" as the position, after the manas calculates and thinks, the body, speech and mind of people have the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance. These three poisons are nothing but for self-interest.

Therefore, it can also be said that manas is the root of self-attachment.

Westerners also have similar sayings, calling it "subconscious". Now Taoism is influenced by Western learning, and many people understand this.

Such delusion arises from obsession. Zhang Yuelu naturally wants to wake up, but the manas, which is the root of self-attachment, or Zhang Yuelu's subconscious, will be willing to wake up?

Getting what you want is false, but the joy and happiness and comfort of mind that come from it are real. Isn't this also a kind of self-interest? Not only real gold and white gold are considered profitable. How many men and women risk their lives for a night of pleasure? And how can the great joy of such a long-cherished wish be compared with the love between men and women?

Even if you can wake up, it is not something that can be completed in just one hour. Maybe it will take a few days, maybe a few months, or even a few years, depending on the person.

Of course, since it is a game, rather than relying on the realm of cultivation to defeat ten skills, Xuanji will not ask an unsolvable question, so she left a flaw in the delusion and gave a second hint.

Poor bones by the Wuding River, still the dream of the spring boudoir.

Zhang Yuelu, who has become the chief sect leader, still remembers the person buried under the Five Elements Mountain?

If you remember, you can naturally break through the delusion in a short time.

If you don’t remember, or it’s not that important, not enough to compare with the chief sect leader who is the embodiment of ego, then it’s no wonder that I didn’t give you a chance. It just so happens that such a cold-tempered person is the most suitable for our Ziguang Society.

This is like a Western balance. On this side are the withered bones at the foot of the mountain, and on the other side is the position of the Grand Master of Zixiao Palace. Which is more important?

The key to this game is not to solve the puzzle, but time.

When the incense stick is burned out, even if Zhang Yuelu wakes up from the delusion, sees through the ego, and has a great enlightenment, so what? He still loses and must abide by the agreement.

If you forcibly violate the agreement, you will naturally have to pay the price.

Because the contract has already been signed.

So many women secretly believe in the Purple Light Society because the Purple Light True Lord will really fulfill their wishes.

This is the real thing, the price has already been secretly marked in fate.

Smile like spring, charming all beings. All requests will be answered, omnipotent.

When the time comes, ask for a reward. The contract is the proof, the stars are the proof.

The Purple Light Society is not just a large-scale female sect, it is far more terrifying than the female sect.

The followers of Lingshan Wu Cult can go to Wu Luo's kingdom in their dreams and obtain the witchcraft called "Zhu You Shu", which can make others obey their orders in a daze. As a result, they are controlled by Wu Luo and become a part of Wu Luo, hiding everywhere, and they are hard to eliminate and hard to prevent. The followers of Zhiming Cult manipulate corpses, attack cities and towns, turn cities and towns into ghost dens, and establish a kingdom of the dead. How could the Purple Light Society be on par with these two, only knowing the remaining methods of the Female Sect?