Sword of Coming

Returning to Tongyezhou Demon Tower, Chen Pingan opened his eyes, stood up, and saw the tall old gentleman again. Chen Pingan bowed silently.

The first time was when he was taken to the top of Suishan Mountain by his husband, and the second time was when, as the last hidden official, Chen Ping'an replaced all the sword cultivators of the Jianqi Great Wall to participate in discussions by the river.

Previously in his hometown town, Chen Pingan only met Taoist ancestors, but failed to meet the sage master and Buddha.

Over at Suishan, Chen Ping'an met the Holy Master for the first time. Afterwards, the teacher asked him what he thought. There was nothing to hide from the husband, so Chen Pingan told the truth. If he happened to meet the sage master wearing a Confucian shirt in the market, he would wonder whether the old gentleman had... been in the world when he was young. .

The old scholar was very happy for a long time and said that the evaluation was good and excellent.

When Chen Ping'an saw his husband's eyes and face, he knew something was wrong. He was worried that his husband would turn around at the Confucian Temple, or get drunk with Jingsheng Xiping, so he would spread everything to the outside world. He asked his husband to promise not to tell anyone about this. thing. The old scholar agreed verbally, but in fact, now, not to mention Xi Ping, the Jingsheng of Gong De Lin, the three leaders of the Confucian Temple, one principal and two associates, as well as Mr. Fu, Mr. Li, etc., all know this evaluation. outsider? Nowadays, there are no outsiders in the Confucian Temple. In particular, Mr. Li, who was recruited to help in the Confucian Temple, asked the old scholar, did your closed disciple talk to the most holy master face to face? The old scholar said that he didn't dare, and Mr. Li was very sorry. In the final analysis, the young official was not courageous enough. The old scholar immediately became impatient. Is that called courageous? That is called short-sighted... The next day, Mr. Li found that the hydrological and geographical affairs he was responsible for had doubled.

The Holy Master smiled and nodded in greeting.

Have you ever been around the world? This is a good statement. Doesn't it sound much better than the "bereaved dog" from Qing Ming Tianxia?

Chen Ping'an was next to the Holy Master again. The middle-aged Taoist priest holding a sword on his back clasped his fists and said, "This junior has met Lu Zu."

"Lv Yan has met Yin Guan."

Taoist Chunyang did not rely on his elders, nor did he act like an elder just because Chen Pingan called himself a "junior". Instead, he called the Taoist sect's chief inspector and used the honorific title of Yin Guan. In return, Lu Yan smiled and said: "Huangliang" When it comes to sending opportunities, Shanzhu Chen has done it very safely."

The Holy Master exclaimed, "This is a big title, Lu Zu, it's incredible."

Taoist Chunyang laughed it off.

The Most Holy Master said: "Fellow Taoist Chunyang, is it just an understatement of 'safe'? What's going on? That's not what you said just now in the corridor on the top floor. If I remember correctly, Taoist friend said it sincerely." "The Tao cannot be monopolized, it is in harmony with my Dharma"? A good word that comes from the heart and the mouth will not be worthless when spoken, right? Is there such a truth? "

Taoist Chunyang felt helpless.

The Holy Master, you have the final say.

It was already dusk in the vast world outside the Demon-Suppressing Tower. People at the foot of the mountain had already gone to the graves to pay homage to their ancestors and pasted Spring Festival couplets. After the sound of firecrackers and the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone began to watch the New Year's Eve.

But here the moon is still in the center of the sky, bright as day.

The Holy Master said: "Let's go and take you around this demon-suppressing tower. Except for the one in the Divine Continent of the Middle Earth, the other eight majestic and majestic towers were all drawn by the Li Sheng himself."

Chen Ping'an found that almost every palace in the Demon-Suppressing Tower was unused. There were books, calligraphy and paintings, various treasures, as well as armors, weapons and many magic weapons on the mountain. They were obviously the property accumulated over thousands of years. They must also be the swallows holding mud, Ant's diligent and thrifty approach to housekeeping has finally made outsiders visit the Demon-Suppressing Building, which looks like visiting a series of treasure houses, like a baggage house.

The Holy Master stopped outside the threshold of a palace, turned around and looked at the plaques and couplets holding pillars in the lobby. There were also two rows of chairs, but they were all... dragon chairs.

Qing Tong looked embarrassed.

These dragon chairs from various fallen dynasties in the history of Tongyezhou, as well as those jade seals passed down to the people, are all unwanted items picked up by the old viewer, and finally gathered here one by one by him. On weekdays, he feels that It was very majestic, but when the Holy Master and the young Yinguan stopped to look at it, Qing Tong wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl down.

The Most Holy Master asked: "Chen Ping'an, do you think this Demon Suppressing Tower should be turned into a place similar to the Confucian Temple's Little Merit Forest, according to the suggestion of Longhu Mountain's Little Celestial Master Zhao Yaoguang, to be used to imprison slaves? The barbaric demon tribes who came from all over the continent to search the mountains should be killed when they should be killed, and they should be imprisoned when they should be imprisoned. It is better to follow the suggestion of Yuan Yu, the mountain chief of Hengqu Academy, and directly let fellow Taoist Qing Tong use the Demon Suppressing Tower as the top of the mountain to open a sect here. Establishing a sect can not only stabilize the destiny of a continent, but also appease the minds of the local monster monks in the world. As for the relationship between the Demon Suppression Tower and this new sect's ancestor hall, it is somewhat similar to the Water Dragon Sect in Luzhou, Beiju."

Qing Tong immediately fell in love with Yuan Yu, a Confucian scholar who came from the Yasheng lineage.

It is rumored that this Yuan Yu was recruited by Yasheng from Qingming Tianxia.

Chen Ping'an thought for a while, "As long as there is a Confucian academy mountain chief who is willing to step down from the position of mountain chief and come here to serve as the patriarch of the law, we can have both."

The Most Holy Master did not comment, continued to move, and joked: "I have just worshiped a few mountain tops, let me count them, Zhongtu Suishan, Jiuzhen Immortal Pavilion, the mountain temple near the watershed of Aquarius Continent, Compared with the previous sleepwalking in Shuifu, is this enough? It seems to be an anticlimax. If it is a matter of studying, writing books and establishing opinions, this is a big taboo. You seem to have a lot of merit left on your hands? According to your hometown What is the saying there, there is more than enough every year? There is more than enough first?"

Chen Pingan smiled bitterly and was speechless.

Just as his conscience discovered, Chen Ping'an suddenly felt a little sorry for those hidden officials and sword cultivators in the Summer Palace.

Traveling far and wide in the long river of time, although it is like being in a dream, is not easy for an earthly immortal monk. Fortunately, he still has the body of a martial artist, so it is not said that he is mentally and physically haggard. Tired, but when it comes to asking for help, no matter how thick-skinned you are, you have to be able to find a way. There are indeed many tigers and mountain gods in the world, but Chen Pingan knows not many, especially those who are willing to sincerely light a stick of incense.

But just like his own lotus root blessed land and the savage and broken secret realm of Jiuzhen Immortal Pavilion, which can ignite a stick of landscape incense, Chen Ping'an actually didn't mind visiting more often, and even prepared to continue taking it with him. Qing Tong planned to travel far away, such as to visit the blessed land of Laokeng under Xuan's name, and to visit Liu Jubao, the God of Wealth in Aai Aizhou, to use up all his merits and all the favors on the mountain.

However, except for Suishan Zhouyou, four of the Five Mountains in the Middle Earth did not nod, which made Chen Ping'an's spirit and heart indeed hit the bottom.

I can only advise myself that manpower will eventually be exhausted.

Otherwise, it would just be about asking for help. Chen Pingan considers himself the best among the direct disciples of the Wen Sheng lineage, or the most familiar with it.

As for those senior brothers, they didn't bother to do it. There was no need at all, not at all.

Of course, sir, he is different, so if he is a little partial to me, a close disciple, what's wrong?

The Most Holy Master suddenly said: "Don't hold grudges against that tiger named Tianjin in Guishan Mountain. He got an order from the Confucian Temple in advance, and then you were rejected. Otherwise, he will not be considered as one of your Confucian Saints. No matter how close we are to him, we would not dare to betray a young hermit official at all. That would be very ignorant of the ways of the world."

Lu Yan smiled and said: "Fellow Daoist Chen, keep accounts and keep accounts. I am a man who knows his grudges clearly, but he must not narrow his mind."

The Holy Master smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist Chunyang likes to say half of it. He actually thought that you were the last hidden official of the Jianqi Great Wall in that wild peach pavilion and at the gate of Guishan Mountain in Dayue. You are still a close disciple of the Wen Sheng lineage, and you, Chen Pingan, are really easy to talk to."

The middle-aged Taoist priest with a sword on his back and a gourd and gourd hanging on his waist stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Isn't it true?"

The last hidden official of the Jianqi Great Wall attended the meeting at the Confucian Temple. Who was invited? It's the sage.

You risked your life and rushed into the wilderness, and made a series of unparalleled achievements. The person leading the charge is you, Chen Ping'an.

There are etiquette at the bottom of the mountain, and there are rules at the top of the mountain.

In Lu Yan's view, you, Chen Ping'an, may not take credit for your pride, but this is not the reason why outsiders should not take the "hidden official" seriously.

Lu Yan narrowed his eyes and asked: "Yin Guan, do you know that the Great Sword Qi Wall is now divided into two, half of the Sword Qi Great Wall is in the colorful world, and where is the remaining half?"

Chen Pingan said: "It's on me."

Lu Yan reminded: "If you want to be a Taoist cultivator without being burdened by your status, there are only two ways to go. One is to learn from Master Lu and not take external things seriously at all, and walk in vain. Emptiness, one is the future state, Taoist mind, and actions are all higher than the previous identity."

The Holy Master smiled and said: "Okay, okay, Chen Ping'an has his own difficulties, Taoist friend Chunyang, please don't hold on to him."

Just as Lu Yan was about to explain, the Holy Master waved his hand and said, "You know the true meaning and I know it. Chen Pingan also understands your original intention and good intentions, so there is no need to say anything more."

Chen Ping'an cupped his fists and smiled at Taoist Chunyang.

The Holy Master reminded: "Fellow Taoist Chunyang, Chen Ping'an is asking for help again."

Lu Yan nodded with a smile and said, "Pindao, I won't argue with Taoist fellow Taoist Taoist who got the chance."

Otherwise, Lu Yan would take back whatever Taoist Nen heard from Li Huai in the Loushan house of Huangliang Sect.

Chen Ping'an was curious and asked in his heart: "Has the senior already reached the Fourteenth Realm?"

Lu Yan shook his head and said: "Back then, I had already crossed the threshold with one foot, but when things came to a head, my Taoist heart aroused a little, so I stepped back."

For Taoist Chunyang, cultivating Taoism has never been just about realm. Therefore, as soon as Lu Yan closed his legs, not only did his cultivation level not drop at all, but his realm became truly perfect.

The Holy Master suddenly asked: "Why bother asking Lu Chen some questions? Ask your own husband over at Gong De Lin. Aren't the answers more clear?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that Mr. Mister will be worried."

In fact, it was not that there were no such considerations in the early days, but at the earliest time at the Confucian Temple Gongdelin, my husband restored his position as a god in the Confucian Temple. It was so lively at that time that Chen Pingan held back.

Later, at Renyun Yiyun Tower in the alley of the capital, Mr. Chen was looking at the old book while the students watching him looked lonely. Chen Pingan completely gave up the idea.

If he hadn't been thrown into the Mengliang Kingdom by the Holy Master and met Lu Chen by chance, Chen Ping'an would have had a lot of time to practice Taoism before traveling around the Qingming world. The shortest time was a hundred years, the long time...it's hard to say. A hundred years, or even a thousand years, can slowly verify those conjectures.

Do not worry.

Arriving at a library, the Holy Master joked: "After ten thousand years of hard work by fellow Daoist Qing Tong, the Demon Suppressing Building has a lot of everything. It is so diverse and dazzling that people can see it, but there are relatively few books." .”

Qing Tong said tremblingly: "I will make up for it later."

Chen Ping'an said: "We can open a bookstore here in the Demon Town Building. Engraving the rare and rare books in the bookstore can be considered a big merit. It doesn't cost much. It can't even cost two Grain Rain coins."

The Holy Master smiled and said: "If Taoist fellow Qingtong had done this earlier, the Master may not have been willing to personally invite fellow Taoist Qingtong to the last meeting at the Chinese Confucian Temple, but a high-ranking priest from the academy would definitely be here in Tongyezhou." He will show up. Then in Suishan, you don't have to ask Master Yinguan to help you to finish eating plain noodles. Maybe Shanjun is willing to accompany you to sit down when he travels around. There is no need for fellow Taoist Qing to pay the bill and shell out a few pennies. .”

Qingtong said: "I'll do it right away when I get back."

The Most Holy Master asked: "For the remaining merit in your hand, if Taoist friend Chunyang and I had not shown up, would you have had some thoughts?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I have thought about it, but it is not in line with etiquette. It will easily attract a lot of criticism, and it will also easily make the situation of my friend Zhong Kui even more delicate."

"Etiquette? Who established the etiquette rules for the world?"

The Holy Master laughed, "It was the Lisheng who took the lead and formulated the outline. All the sages worked together to make plans, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and even rejected some of the plans and context of the Lisheng, and finally handed them over to the Lisheng for implementation. But this is really... What is the earliest origin of Haoran's rules?"

Chen Ping'an said: "The earliest origin is to hope that people's hearts will be sunny, and that the world will move upward. An uphill road may go slower, but the journey will be stable, and it will no longer be like those unrooted people who are in trouble."

Lu Yan nodded slightly.

In fact, the heartfelt words Gao Zhen, the contemporary head of the Huangliang Sect, said to Chen Pingan, in Lu Yan's view, were well-intentioned and had no problems, but they may not be entirely correct.

What really drives the world forward is most likely making mistakes and correcting them.

The Holy Master first walked into a building similar to the Wenchang Tower. The stairs spiraled up. After climbing to the top, he came to the corridor under the eaves and leaned on the railing to look out, "The little master of the world, the accountant of Shujian Lake. This is Cui Chan, the first disciple of the Literary Sage lineage, Xiuhu wanted to let the Confucian Temple take a look at a certain answer sheet."

Chen Ping'an shook his head, "It's as different as heaven and earth. It's as different as clouds and mud."

The Holy Master smiled and said: "The two results are the same. As long as young people are not satisfied with their ambitions, there is no need to belittle themselves too much."

"Do you know why the Lisheng failed in the end?"

"Did you see some disadvantage?"

"for example?"

Chen Pingan thought for a moment and replied: "Similar to the construction of a cross-continental ferry?"

Something that is too delicate, a huge thing made up of all the interlocking details, looks solid, but in fact it is not.

When I was a child, I watched my peers playing at the Immortal Tomb from a distance. I once saw a grasshopper with its legs broken off, but it was still able to jump and escape among the grass. The child would feel very strange, why do people do this instead? Less than. Later, when the young man left his hometown and began to travel far away, he realized that the gods of mountains and rivers seemed to be the same as the gods on the mountains of those who practiced Taoism. Later, just as Brother Zuo believed, "the monks on the mountain are no longer human." Finally, it was not until Chen Pingan personally came into contact with the construction of the ferry that he had a definite answer.

The Holy Master smiled and said: "No wonder the old scholar always praises you when he meets others, with his tail raised to the sky."

Chen Ping'an looked strange. His husband was called an old scholar by the sage master, which always felt a little strange.

In fact, the great mountain monk who has a good relationship with his husband is also accustomed to calling the literary saint the old scholar. In his words, it is not strange or awkward at all. Being called an old scholar means you have a higher level of seniority. Taking advantage is just like drinking a bottle of wine for free. Why not? Just like Li Sheng is often called Little Master, what a good nickname, you will always be young.

The Holy Master said: "You still have to exercise some moderation when it comes to drinking."

Qing Tong was secretly happy. In fact, he had long wanted to use a sage's teaching from the sages, "Don't be tired of drinking" to "sarcastically admonish" the young hidden official.

It should be noted that the Holy Master ranked this matter with the other three major events, so it is one of the major issues of uprightness. If someone becomes addicted to drinking and is as drunk as mud, it is a major matter that has bad moral character.

After just accompanying "Chen Ping'an" to the Jiuzhen Immortal Pavilion of Yun Jie and Wei Zi, a pair of immortal Taoists, Qing Tong no longer dared to say these Confucian etiquette to a giant of demons.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but without making any vows or words, he just said: "Fight for it."

Qing Tong somewhat admires this young hermit official. Are you still aggrieved by the Holy Master?

The Holy Master asked: "I have read so many books, are there any sentences that I particularly like and dislike?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "Of course."

"Choose a few sentences besides the bamboo slips."

"I'll just tell you what I've read recently in reading books. The one I particularly like is 'It's a good time to be alive' in an article from "The Story of Fengle Pavilion". There's also the poem "What I've seen in Youshan's Running Script", which has the line "The boss married me" The wife, the daughter of the Western family, laughed and talked in front of the lighted door. Only then did she realize that she didn’t just know the words of gold, iron, horses, spears and halberds, nor was it the words of a poor family who grabbed gold in their dreams. So when the younger generation opened the book, it was love at first sight. As for not There are quite a few things I like, but the only thing I dislike most is the phrase 'watching people reap the coolness of the afternoon breeze'. In my opinion, this so-called elegance and comfort is completely heartless."

The Most Holy Master said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, this sentence seems to have come from a certain great writer under Su Zi's sect. He is one of Su Zi's most proud disciples."

Lu Yan tapped the railing and couldn't help laughing.

This person was born in the Xiushui Huang family, a family with a well-known scholarly family, a heirloom in farming and reading, and a first-class poetry and calligraphy family. The family's scholarly reputation lasted for a long time. Until this person, it can be said that the literary fortune was at its peak, and then it spread. It also has excellent word-of-mouth reviews.

Qing Tong's face was solemn, he just felt that you, Chen Ping'an, should not be on the side of the Holy Master and speak so unscrupulously.

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "It's just about this sentence, not about people who write poems. What's more, even if this senior listened to it, he would probably just laugh it off. Just like when I was young, I liked 'Khan' very much. The phrase "dropping grains of soil under the soil" and the phrase "driving away thunder and lightning to drive away evil spirits", as for the person who wrote the poem, it is just like that. Therefore, people are people, words are words, and we should not generalize if we have different views. .”

The Holy Master smiled and said: "As expected of a close disciple of the old scholar, he always talks in the same way, as if he is saying the opposite, good or bad, and the truth is all yours."

Chen Ping'an remembered something and said tentatively: "The speculations of famous people can easily fall into the quagmire of sophistry, and the abstruse talk of self-proclaimed celebrities is even more undesirable. However, I feel that the Confucian Temple Academy can allow Confucian scholars to have proper contact with and Study the Buddhism’s theory of cause and effect, as well as the Lao Guanzhu’s theory of context.”

"For example? You have to give an example to convince me, right?"

“For example, ‘Is there any use in reading?’”

The Holy Master smiled knowingly and waved his hand, "I already know the general meaning of what you want to say, but you can refine this topic a little more and leave it to the useless city of Night Ship to talk to people. argue."

The Most Holy Master turned around and said: "Fellow Taoist Qing, we are afraid that the strong will bully the weak, and those who flatter the superior will bully the inferior. It is difficult to make exceptions. If you do not have the spirit to calmly and reason with the strong, you will definitely be easygoing to the weak. Lost patience."

"Just like Chen Ping'an, who is standing next to you, had he not become the last hidden official of the Sword Qi Great Wall, he would be able to speak so honestly with me, an old man who usually only hangs on the wall of the Confucian Temple. You must know that the old scholar took the initiative to speak Chen Ping'an also declined to accept him as a student. Therefore, the order here cannot be confused. Now that the knowledge of the literary sage has been lifted, in the future, if the few works of the old scholar are not so busy, fellow Taoist Qing Tong , besides practicing Taoism, you can still read more.”

Qing Tong had no choice but to continue to promise that he would study the knowledge of Literary Saints with all his heart.

Of course, Qing Tong had already read through the works of the old scholar, but he didn't pay much attention to them.

Chen Ping'an said abruptly: "Holy Master, Qing Tong actually wants to ask something, 'Why should I be patient with the weak.'"

"First of all, I, Qingtong, am now a strong man. What's more, when I, Qingtong, were weak, I didn't see how strong people were patient with me."

"So Qingtong wants to ask what a picture is and why."

Qing Tong's face changed drastically, but he just calmed down his mind a little. With complicated mood, he nodded and said: "It is indeed what Qing Tong was thinking."

Instead of complaining about the young Yin official's talkativeness, Qing Tong was somewhat relieved. Yes, that's what I think. If it offends the Holy Master, I will do whatever I want. This is what I, Qing Tong, think.

The Holy Master smiled and said: "You have to build walls and beams yourself, and the same goes for replacing beams and columns. If you feel that your current house is enough to protect you from wind and rain, and it is very comfortable to live in, as long as you don't think about it all If you demolish your neighbor’s house to expand your own land, then even if you don’t know what the plan is, I don’t think it’s a big problem.”

After all, if he is not a disciple of Confucianism, then there is no need to judge this young Taoist fellow as a sage.

Qingtong breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he would not be held accountable by the Holy Master.

It turned out that Chen Ping'an was winking hard at him, as if he was falling into the clouds, and he was immediately confused.

The problem is that I don’t know what the Holy Master’s other far-reaching intentions are, and I don’t know what exactly you want me to ask.

Don't hint, just give me some clear instructions, okay? !

Chen Ping'an had no choice but to bite the bullet and said from the bottom of his heart: "Chat a few more words with the Holy Master. As long as you are sincere and speak from your heart, if you have any questions, just ask. If you have anything you can't figure out, just ask. You can talk about whatever you want." .”

If I hadn't seen that you used the identity of "Xiandu Mountain Guest Qing" in the Huangliang Sect, and that you were working as the Ten Thousand Years Bao Zhai in this demon-suppressing building, you were considered diligent, and we could be considered half-comrades. You're the lucky one, not to mention that you didn't turn your elbows out when you were with Lu Chen before. Otherwise, you can see if I'm willing to help you matchmaking.

The founder of the Three Religions chose to take the initiative to spread Taoism, which is an established thing that cannot be changed. So every time the most holy master tells you a truth today, no matter how big or small, no matter how deep or shallow, every more word or word, it will be a debate. You Qingtong is the opportunity that comes to you based on your own ability. From the side of the Holy Master, as long as the words and deeds are sincere and upright, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, the Holy Master. How can the Holy Master not stingyly give you a few words of advice on how to practice? Take a step back and say, "The Holy Master" Will the teacher scold you or hit you?

Well, are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid?

The Holy Master smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't make things difficult for fellow Taoists. There's nothing wrong with concentrating on cultivation."

The direct disciples of Wen Sheng's lineage, one by one, hold grudges truly and truly protect their shortcomings.

Lu Yan joked: "If you are simple-minded, you should have some simple-minded questions. It's a pity."

The Holy Master said: "Human nature should not be distorted prematurely, but it should not be ignorant and rational. However, when it comes to the specific implementation of education, it should not be too rigid."

"Your disciple Pei Qian and student Cao Qinglang are doing very well."

"Chen Ping'an, you have to be careful and don't become that kind of person and end up being punished by a gentleman. Otherwise, it will not only be Zou Zi waiting for you to make mistakes, but also the sage of rites will come to help you correct your mistakes. "

"remember."

Because Chen Ping'an knew who the Holy Master was talking about, he was the person who was killed by the Holy Master himself. This person's matter was a big public case in several worlds.

"But there is a big problem with your preaching, teaching and solving doubts. Chen Pingan, do you know where it is?"

"It's easy to be too much like me."

It's like being carved from the same mold.

"I only know one but not the other."

The Holy Master shook his head, "Once you were bitten by a snake, you were afraid of well ropes for ten years, and you walked across the Shujian Lake, which made you afraid, and you were afraid of your hands and feet. There are many principles that hit the wall in your heart and fight with each other. .Although the sound of the truth hitting a wall is conscience. But if you like to ask yourself so much, it is too much. You have been sharpening your Taoist heart with truth. Although I know your difficulties and have my own long-term plans, it is undeniable. One day, if you are not careful, there will be a big problem, and then Zou Zike will say an infuriating "As expected, it is so."

Chen Pingan said: "I will be more careful."

Lu Yan suddenly said: "Since the Holy Masters are here, let's not ask whether it is feasible or not for you to seek revenge out of selfish motives. What must be done in this life, is it right or wrong? Anyway, now The Most Holy Master has made up his mind to let go of 'world affairs', so he will probably not stop you, but wouldn't it be more peaceful to say that the Most Holy Master has approved it?"

Over at Huangliang Sect's Ancestral Mountain, before parting ways with Li Huai, it was the first time that Chen Ping'an left Li Huai with homework as a junior master uncle.

It was for Li Huai to think about a question.

Suppose you, Li Huai, are a ranger. Passing by a certain place one day, you meet a man who is doing evil in the local area and is full of evil. The ranger sneaks in late at night, kills him and leaves.

And in this person's family, there was a son who was supposed to read poetry and take part in the imperial examination. Since then, his temperament has changed drastically. His lifelong pursuit is to get revenge on this knight-errant. From a son who was originally a scholar with a good temperament, he will even have a son in the future. He hoped to become a good official who would benefit one party, but overnight, he turned into a stubborn person who would never look back on the road of revenge. In the following decades, he committed many crimes and continued to kill innocent people indiscriminately, surpassing his father. He did more than ten times a hundred times, until he found the passing ranger to take revenge...

Chen Pingan gave Li Huai three small questions. First, do these causes and effects have anything to do with the ranger who was kept in the dark? Second, if the ranger could know everything that would happen in advance, should he kill the father of the reading seed, or simply kill the reading seed that night? Third, if you, Li Huai, were that knight-errant, you would have two choices when facing someone seeking revenge. One choice is to admit your mistake, and the other party will stop. The other choice is that you don’t admit your mistake, that reading seed from the past. After his great revenge is avenged, he will continue to kill people, so do you want to admit your mistake to him?

Li Huai asked a question at that time, whether the ranger could stay in the local area after performing a heroic act of justice to eradicate the evildoers.

Chen Pingan shook his head and said no, or you have to face the second problem directly without any other choice.

Li Huai had a severe headache, so Chen Pingan said he could think about it slowly.

However, in Lu Yan's view, the problem Chen Pingan presented to Li Huai and Chen Pingan's own situation are of course two different things and cannot be compared.

The Holy Master laughed loudly and said, "We are all scholars, we must convince others with reason and virtue. Without words or words, deeds will be the reason."

"In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a struggle. In our hearts, the truth that truly convinces us is whether it makes sense and whether it can be regarded as a matter of course."

Having said this, the Holy Master shook his head and said: "Chen Ping'an, you are just like a sword cultivator, not like us Confucian students."

Qing Tong was a little worried about Chen Pingan.

This sentence carries a lot of weight!

The key is what the Holy Master himself said!

The Holy Master held his back with one hand and gently pressed the railing with the other. "If this incident hadn't had such a far-reaching impact at that time, Daozu would have left the Lotus Cave, and even invited me to go over there to discuss the matter. After the year's appointment, Qi Jingchun himself made up his mind again..."

The old master suddenly said a three-character sutra.

Lu Yan immediately coughed and reminded the Holy Master that you should pay more attention to your status as a Confucian disciple.

The Holy Master sneered and said: "In our world, those two bastards Bai Yujing can slap each other in the face. As long as a little blood is spilled, even if I don't know how to fight."

Lu Yan smiled and said: "This kind of thing can only be said by the Holy Master, and Chen Ping'an can just listen to it."

There are many helpless things in life, and the Holy Master is also inevitable.

Qi Jingchun did his part in Lizhu Cave, Bai Ye rushed to Fuyao Continent with his sword alone, and challenged the Eight Thrones of the Wilderness alone with his sword. Chen Chun'an, a mellow scholar, shouldered the sun and the moon on his shoulders, and did not hesitate to die to prevent Liu Cha from returning to the wild world...

In addition, there are so many Confucian temples to worship sages, academies, sages and ordinary Confucian scholars, and so many soldiers and soldiers under the mountains, generously dying in their respective battlefields.

This is like Bai Ye, the most proud person in the world, once said when he was surrounded by Fuyaozhou on the battlefield, there are some things that I can say that even the Holy Master cannot.

You have to be such a pedantic person to think that only the strong can speak out and reason, and that only the strong are worthy of being reasonable.

In my vast world, the things that are unchangeable for all eternity are not the sage teachers and the principles in the books, nor any fourteenth realm monk, but the awe-inspiring righteousness of heaven and earth.

Qing Tong felt his scalp numb when he heard this.

Xiaomo didn't find it strange at all.

Because I know the temper of the earliest "scholars" in the world thousands of years ago.

The tall old gentleman stretched out his palm, held down the young man's head, and said in a deep voice: "Someone asked, 'How about repaying evil with kindness?' There is an old immortal guy, that is me, and I have already given the answer." How to repay kindness? Repay evil with straightness, repay kindness with kindness!'"

In the history of Confucianism, there was a period of extremely glorious times.

Outside the sky, the Li Sheng led the Confucians to accompany the sages, and together with many great monks including the Great Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, they crossed the stars and took the initiative to hunt down the remnants of the gods.

There are so many wanderers in the world, and there are not many noble families yet, but the common people in the world are full of vigor, strong blood, and clear grievances. Can the ninth generation still take revenge? Although it lasts for a hundred generations.

Earlier, before the Haoran Confucian Temple was established, the old master traveled around the world to educate the world.

In addition to being accompanied by a large group of direct disciples, who later became the seventy-two worshipers of the sages in the Chinese Confucian Temple.

In addition, we must not forget that the Holy Master also traveled far away with a sword.

It's just that there were rumors in later generations that this iron sword was given by the Holy Master to a very partial disciple who was recognized as...a scholar with a bad temper.

So is it easy to imagine why the Holy Master preferred this student?

There is another rumor that cannot be verified now, saying that the long sword hanging on the waist of the Holy Master had a name with just one word, De.

If this is the case, then this kind of...conquers people with virtue. Are you convinced? Who dares to be dissatisfied?

"I want to say sorry to you."

For the same reason, it is difficult for the Holy Master to say these things when there are old scholars around.

The young man looked up blankly.

"Back then, Kou Ming left Bai Yujing and Qing Ming Tianxia and came to our Haoran world. One of his clones wanted to attain enlightenment in Lizhu Cave. It was Yasheng who helped send the message, and I personally agreed."

The young man lowered his head.

"Why do you dare to be angry but not speak out, or even dare not speak out and dare not be angry? So what if it is so unreasonable?"

"Dare to complain! The most unreasonable thing in the world is emotion. Even the seven emotions and six desires can be cut, suppressed, and dismantled. Then the cultivator is really no longer human! This road is destined to come to an end. You can climb to the top, but you can't climb to the sky. This kind of self-deception that seems to be brilliant is actually wrong, like blocking the flood and walking down the river. I don't think it's okay."

Of course Lu Yan understood the teachings of the sage master. If he were one of the new ones, he would become one of the old ones, or not be able to ascend to heaven. It would be a small matter, but being defeated by Na Zhoumi would be a big deal.

At that time, Chen Pingan's humanity and pure divinity will all be covered, dismantled, and dissolved by the meticulous divinity.

If you want to win this great battle, the answer has been known for thousands of years. It is just that it is more difficult to do it on one person.

Since the founders of the three religions had made a ten-thousand-year agreement, this was first proposed by Taozu at the initial riverside meeting, which was equivalent to an unwritten rule established by the founders of the three religions.

Firstly, the three parties must abide by the agreement, and secondly, in the three worlds, there are indeed signs that the world has been "Taoized" by one person to varying degrees.

The most serious one is Qingming Tianxia where Daozu is in charge. This is under the premise that Daozu sits in the Little Lotus Cave as much as possible and does not go out easily.

Once more than half of the time has passed and the founders of the three religions are equal to "half of the world" in the true sense of their respective worlds, then this trend of harmonizing with heaven and earth will become more intense and eventually become out of control. Even the founders of the three religions themselves will I can't resist this evolution.

This is the extreme of what Lu Chen calls "swallowing mountains and rivers", which will further confirm the saying that "the three largest brave animals in the world can only eat without vomiting".

It is something that ordinary cultivators dream of, but only for the founder of the Three Religions, it is something that must be rejected.

Once the founders of the three religions dispersed.

Except as Lu Chen said, "It's going to rain", then the people will be benefited, and the road will fall like rain on the world.

But at the same time, there will inevitably be a chaotic battle between heroes.

It can almost be said that any great monk in the Fourteenth Realm will be involved in it either actively or passively.

Just like Chen Ping'an could easily predict several worlds through Lu Chen's "unnecessary action" and Wu Shuangjiang's series of actions. Most of the first fights among monks in the Fourteenth Realm took place in the Qingming world.

Sun Huaizhong, the old master of the Xuandu Temple, is a master of the Taoist Sword Immortal lineage, the unbeatable fifth person in the world, and has reached the fourteenth realm as a sword cultivator.

There will be a duel with Master Bai Yujing Er, Yu who is known as the "True Invincible" and nicknamed "The Second Daoist", and the question of swordsmanship will be at least a matter of victory.

And Wu Shuangjiang, who was expelled from the palace at the end of the year, was one of the ten sages enshrined in martial arts temples in the world in the past, and "Xiaobai", the follower of Palace Master Wu, was recognized as a military killer in history.

Once Wu Shuangjiang joins forces with Taoist Sun, both sides will fight with Bai Yujing, who will definitely decide whether to live or die, and it is destined to be a fight to the death.

The Most Holy Master smiled and said: "If this fight breaks out, it will really be earth-shattering. Fellow Taoist Chunyang, what do you think the outcome will be?"

Lu Yan said: "There are only two situations. One is that the three of them are in the fourteenth realm, and they all die together. Of course, Yu Dou will die."

"There is also a more complicated situation that will most likely make Yu Dou unable to reach the fifteenth realm in this life, but at the same time, it may make Yu Dou's fourteenth realm more stable."

"In the end, Yu Dou was able to take action and become the well-deserved number one person under the fifteen realms."

The Holy Master nodded, "The latter sounds enviable, but for Yu Dou, it's different. Not to mention that life is worse than death, but it's probably not much different."

The Most Holy Master turned to look at Chen Pingan, "On the way here, did you ever think about joining forces with Taoist Master Sun and Palace Master Wu?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "I thought about it, but I held it back."

Chen Pingan raised his head and glanced at the sky.

I even thought about going to Tianwai in advance to refine my sword.

Wu Shuang descended to Feisheng City in Colorful World and took the initiative to show up. In fact, it was an invitation, but it was like being silently rejected by Chen Ping'an.

Since Chen Pingan refused this matter in his own way, Wu Shuangjiang was unwilling to force it.

The Holy Master said: "Don't be too entangled. You must become someone like Qi Jingchun or Cui Han. It just looks like them, that's all."

Chen Pingan nodded.

The Holy Master smiled, clasped his hands behind his back, and looked up at the sky, "I guess even our Headmaster Lu, who claims to be unbeatable, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. When he arrived at Bai Yujing, Or do you still have lingering fears?”

Lu Yan smiled and said: "If you put yourself in his shoes, Pindao would definitely give up on your self-cultivation skills and directly scold Cui Han for his evil intentions."

Qing Yi had a blank look on his face, what were he talking about? Why did he only talk about Xiu Hu and Headmaster Lu? Do they have any holidays? Or did they fight secretly?

The Most Holy Master turned to look at Chen Pingan and asked with a smile: "I have never thought about why Wu Shuangjiang made such a trip to the vast world, and why he went to the Great Wall of Sword Qi to meet Zheng Juzhong? Why did Wu Shuangjiang break up so early? With a single thought, I hid in the Great Wall of Sword Qi and finally showed up to see you at Feisheng City? And why did Lu Chen rush to see his descendant Lu Tai in one of the Lotus Flower Blessed Lands in the colorful world, and then interpret the dream of the Confucian scholar Zheng Xu , immediately close the wooden chicken's heart?"

Chen Pingan nodded. After seeing Lu Chen, he figured out something again.

He only said that he had chosen to surround and kill Lu Chen.

Then the backup arranged by senior brother Cui Chan were Zheng Juzhong and Wu Shuangjiang.

But Chen Ping'an couldn't think that far before. For example, Wucai Tianxia and Qingming Tianxia will have the layout of senior brother Cui Chan.

At that time, Lu Chen seemed to casually say "what would happen if Cui Chan deliberately targeted and calculated", but it turned out that he meant something.

For example, Wu Shuangjiang would appear in advance in the colorful world and leave Ascension City to deal with Yu Zhenyi in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land.

As for Qingming Tianxia, ​​maybe the White Bone Master who is rumored to have a good relationship with Yao Qing, the elegant prime minister, may have already had some "self-rescue" methods with Wu Shuangjiang that can be concealed.

As for the Lu Chen who appeared on the Great Wall of Sword Qi, no matter whether he was a real person or a dummy, as long as he was entangled by Zheng Juzhong who chose to take action, the end could be imagined.

What's more, Zheng Juzhong definitely wouldn't act hastily on this matter. He must have started planning it a long time ago.

The Holy Master asked again: "Then do you know how Cui Chan persuaded Zheng Juzhong and Wu Shuangjiang?"

"I can't guess Mr. Zheng's side."

Chen Ping'an said from the bottom of his heart: "But Palace Master Wu may have something to do with the resurgence of military strategists. When the ten-thousand-year agreement expires and the First Ancestor reappears, Palace Master Wu will have the opportunity to become the 'Second Ancestor' in one step. Even if asked, If Sword Yu Du fails, Mr. Wu can return to the Fourteenth Realm as quickly as possible in his next life."

The Holy Master shook his head, "That's wrong, let me see. If you had chosen to surround and kill Lu Chen in the wild world, and there really was such a fight, then the ancestor of the military strategist might not be able to appear in this world. In other words, at least someone has to take his place. These are things I just figured out, and it took a lot of my brain and I was very tiring."

Chen Ping'an instantly wanted to understand the joints, his Taoist heart was shaking, and he said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Zheng's third clone has long been in Qing Mingtian?!"

The Holy Master smiled and said, "The person who is already in Qingming World may not be Zheng Juzhong. Of course, it is just impossible to be sure and not sure."

Chen Pingan thought for a while, no wonder "one of them, Zheng Juzhong", would reach the fourteenth level in the wild world. Could it be that he had already begun to seek the new identity of "the ancestor of the military strategist"?

Of course Lu Yan could hear Chen Ping'an's thoughts and sighed: "This embroidered tiger, I really dare to think and do it."

In the world of Qing Ming, Taoism spreads, and the leader of Bai Yujing, Kou Ming, is destined to be unable to return to the Jade Emperor City in the short term. If Lu Chen is targeted like this again, the people who sit in Bai Yujing will all become Yu Dou within hundreds of years. One person, without replacement, what will happen to the Qingming world during this period? Naturally, it will be a world of great chaos that has not been seen in thousands of years, with smoke everywhere. There are fourteen states in the world and countless armies. After all, for Bai Yujing, especially for Er Er How could there be only Xuandu Temple and Sui Chugong among the dynasty, monks and Shantou whose leader had an iron fist and harbored resentment? It's just that the two are dominant and deeply rooted, which makes them relatively eye-catching. It is conceivable that many immortals in Bai Yujing will have to travel far away, personally lead the Taoist officials of their respective sects, leave the 12th floor of the five cities, suppress the various states, and are exhausted. In addition, some great monks outside Bai Yujing secretly Adding fuel to the flames, the successive wars are destined to intensify. In the hands of the truly invincible Yu Dou, Bai Yujing's three thousand years of thunder method, which has been extremely effective for more than three thousand years, has added fuel to the fire. Countless Taoist officials in the world have perished inside and outside Bai Yujing... …

Are you going to blame me, Cui Chan, for being unkind? Sorry, Cui Chan is dead and has long ceased to be a disciple of the Literary Saint lineage.

The Holy Master joked: "Look at your senior brother Cui Chan, and look at you Chen Ping'an. He is such a good person with a very good temper."

Even the sage master couldn't help but sigh with emotion. There can never be one less scholar like Cui Chan, but there can never be more than one.

Don’t you, Yu Dou, think that you are doing justice for heaven and have a clear conscience? Then the countless subtle causes and effects accumulated over thousands of years will eventually be like weeds on the plains of Lili. In the spring breeze of the year, this craziness spread.

You Yu Dou did this to my junior brother Qi Jingchun, then I, Cui Chan, will plot against your junior brother Lu Chen in this way.

If you let a Lizhu Cave Heaven finally shatter and fall to the ground, I will let your entire Qing Ming World sink to the ground.