While Taoist Feng and Taoist Gao were talking, a disciple came to report, "Senior Brother Wen and Senior Brother Hu have returned from Shouzheng Palace."
The Taoist said: "Let them come in."
Wen Zhao and Hu Zixi came to the table and each paid homage to their teacher.
The Taoist Taoist said: "How about it? Zhang Shouzheng hasn't made things difficult for you, has he?"
Hu Zixi said: "Reporting to the teacher, Zhang Shouzheng spoke kindly to us, and later he kept us."
Feng Dao Ren said: "Zhang Shouzheng is Xuan Zun, so he won't care about you juniors. Has Zhang Shouzheng ever told you anything?"
Wen Zhao said: "Master, Shou Zheng just made it clear to us the benefits and harms of going to the inner and outer realms. We need to think about it clearly."
Feng Taoist nodded and said: "You have to be careful. Don't think that you can handle everything as a disciple of Xuan Zun. The gap between the inner and outer layers has always been the place where outer monks and evil gods are most likely to invade. Those who come over are often difficult to come by."
To entangle the enemy, Zhang Shouzheng can deal with those high-level powerful men, but the descendants of the evil gods and the younger generations of cultivators need to be dealt with by you.
Once you enter Zhang Shouzheng's sect, you must obey orders and do whatever you are told. We will not come to help you, but have you remembered it?"
Both Wen Zhao and Hu Zixi were awe-inspiring.
Taoist Gao waved his hand and said, "You can go down first."
After the two disciples retreated, he turned around and said, "As Brother Tao said, that Zhang Shouzheng accepted our disciples."
Feng Taoist said: "Which of our Taoism and his Taoism is the correct one? It has not yet been decided, and the outcome is unpredictable in the future. However, this is not a life-and-death fight. After all, he cannot stand on the side of true cultivation.
With the two of them under Zhang Shouzheng's door, we can always talk to each other in the future."
The Taoist priest also nodded.
After the two talked for a while, they ordered someone to ask Shi to come over and began to try to deduce and perfect their own methods.
Xuan Ting first ordered Hun Xiu to give a seal to support Feng Taoist to become Xuan Zun. He originally expected him to deduce Xuan Dharma from top to bottom, and he has been trying to do this.
However, because he relied on strength, and the strength he borrowed was not his own method, he never achieved perfection. Later, after Gao Taoist, Yu Chang, Shi Cheng and others achieved success, he also wanted to join forces with a few people to deduce it.
Gao and Shi both agreed, but Yu Chang, after realizing that something was wrong, refused to do so and insisted on finding a way to free himself, so they had no choice but to let him go.
Originally, if they had hundreds of years of deduction, they would have been able to derive a safe method step by step. However, with the rise of creation, the Xuan Ting repeatedly proposed and abolished the Xuan method. Now Zhang Yu has opened up a real Xuan method.
They were also worried that Xuan Ting would use this as an excuse to destroy the entire Xuan Fa, so they had to step up their actions, even if they had some drawbacks.
In the next few days, as Feng Taoist expected, Hunxiu Xuanzun came to visit them one after another. Even if some people did not come by themselves, they sent their own disciples to express their opinions in a vague way.
However, although they had already made up their minds, as usual, they did not express their intentions clearly or make any promises.
Suddenly, more than half a month passed, and it was the day of the court meeting in the middle of the month. When they heard the sound of the chime bell, they stood up from their seats and came outside.
As the two of them walked, the surrounding Taoist palace gradually faded away, entering a sea of clouds, and then a long river of light spread from their feet.
As the long river meanders upward, a court official appears one after another. It looks like there are still eleven people like last time.
The two of them bowed to the court above at the end of the long river, and then sat down.
At this time, a jade chime rang in the sky, and the long sound spread across the sea of clouds. The Taoist priest standing at the top of the long river of light and energy looked at everyone and asked as usual: "Do you have any suggestions?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a chime sound from below. When the court officials looked, they saw the Taoist Chong stood up and bowed his head to the top.
The first Taoist asked Yan Yuese, "What does Chong Tingzhi propose?"
The Taoist Chong said in a deep voice: "Chief Executive, all court officials, this time Long Huai colluded with several Hun Zhang monks to stir up the turmoil. Not counting what has not yet been discovered, four Hun Zhang monks have now been implicated."
His voice gradually became serious, "The root cause here is that the turbid tide affects the changes in the heavenly secrets, which can give Hunzhang monks the enlightenment of observing the Taoism. However, nowadays, the Taoism secrets are not seen, but many people come out to disrupt the order of our Tianxia.
, so I propose today to strictly follow the rules and legislate to prohibit monk Hunzhang from understanding the mysteries of the turbid tide in the future."
There was a Tingzhi named Chao who was a Hunxiu man under the seat. Hearing this, he immediately stood up and refuted: "Chongtingzhi's words are wrong. There are also people like Long Huai in this matter. How can we only talk about Hunzhang?"
On the monk's head?
What's more, Chongting just said it before. Every seventy or eighty years, there will be some turbid tides in various parts of the inner land that have the tendency to rise again. This is the turning of the inner heaven. No matter how deep you are, you can take the opportunity to understand it.
, why bother to turn down this opportunity?"
Chong Tingzhi looked at him and said, "Could it be that Hun Xiu cannot cultivate Taoism without Zhuo Chao?"
Chao Tingzhi said displeased: "Where did this come from? All things exist for their own reasons. As we practice Taoism, we should observe all things and provide evidence for each other. Just because of the evil deeds of a few people, it affects everything. This
It’s too much!”
Chong Tingzhi said coldly: "This matter has been debated many times before, and the pros and cons have been clearly explained. It's just that it has never been brought up for discussion before, and I don't want to argue with my Taoist friends again.
If we go on, Tianxia will be turbulent again, and this matter must have an outcome this time."
At this moment, another jade chime sound was heard. When everyone looked, they saw Zhong Tingzhi standing up. He said: "Chief Zhong, Zhong thinks that this matter does not need to be debated anymore, so he will find a result in the court."
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The Taoist leader pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, since you can't resolve the dispute, let's decide it here."
Chong Tingzhi didn't wait for the others. He raised his sleeves, picked up the jade mallet, struck the jade chime, and then sat down.
Zhong Tingzhi also struck the jade chime and said: "This law must be established!"
The third person who rang the chime was Chen Tingzhi, who was also a monk in Hunzhang. He said expressionlessly: "Chen has this opinion."
Chao Tingzhi glanced at him and said nothing.
Chen Tingzhi had previously personally taken action to capture the Hunxiu Xuanzun who had colluded with Zhu Mo to reveal his identity. This had already made his position clear, and this move was not surprising.
But at this time, another Taoist from a pure cultivator seat picked up a jade chime and knocked it, obviously agreeing with this idea.
Chao Tingzhi sneered: "What? Wei Daoyou, are you also on their side?"
The Taoist sighed: "The general trend is so great, why do you have to disobey it? Moreover, the influence of the turbid tide on me is indeed inappropriate. It is inevitable that we will fall into this again, and we should set some rules."
Among the eleven court officials present, except for two Xuanxiu cultivators and three Hunzhang cultivators, six were true cultivators. They would not refute this proposal, but one after another said that there should be laws and regulations to deal with it.
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Chao Tingzhi said firmly at this moment: "I absolutely agree with this proposal!"
The first Taoist looked down at this time and saw the wind. Gao and Gao sat still and did not express their position. He said, "What do you two think?"
Generally speaking, these two people have always agreed with the general trend and have never clearly expressed their positions. However, this time, Feng Daoren said slowly: "Feng thinks that this proposal is inappropriate."
The Taoist Gao nodded and said, "Me too."
Chao Tingzhi's spirit couldn't help but be lifted up.
The rest of the court officials frowned. If three court officials refuted the proposal, then the court decision would not be passed.
The first Taoist priest looked at the two of them, then looked at Chao Tingzhi, and said: "Since the three Taoist friends have a discussion, let's put this matter aside for the time being and wait for another discussion."
As soon as he said this, all the officials in the court knew that there would be no result this time, so they stopped arguing and tacitly ignored the matter and turned to other discussions.
After the court meeting, everyone dispersed, and Feng and Gao also returned to the Dao Palace.
After the Taoist Master sat down, he said: "This time I will reject this proposal at the court meeting. Later, someone will come to lobby us, and then we can make a request to exchange with them."
Generally speaking, if the court decision is refuted, the matter will be left to the judges to decide.
But in fact, few court officials are willing to send such matters to the higher authorities, because doing so means that the matter is completely out of their control, and they don't like to be pressured over their heads.
So generally speaking, it is a matter of internal adjustments and compromises until a result acceptable to all parties is achieved, and then the matter can be handled in their hands.
The leader is always the last one or does not express his position at all, which actually leaves room for change.
On the surface, it seems that as long as you do this, you can evacuate the top, but it is actually very difficult to do.
First of all, matters can only be dealt with after three deliberations. That is to say, if a matter is discussed at the court meeting and there is no clear conclusion after three court deliberations, then the matter must be sent to the hands of the governors for judgment.
Another thing is that there are a few court officials who have the support of the officials behind them, so as long as the officials are willing to do so, they will definitely be able to get involved.
The Feng Taoist sighed: "It's a pity that we can only stand here at Hunxiu this time, and there are not many choices available to us."
As long as Hun Xiu's matter is not resolved, Xuan Ting will not turn his attention to clearing Xuan Fa's name, so they must support Hun Xiu this time and gain more time to save up.
And if Hun Xiu gets their help, they can also get this generation to support them in the matter of mysterious magic.
Taoist Gao sighed and said: "It's a pity for fellow Taoist Yu. If he could not be so impatient and continue to sit down peacefully in the outer guard position, when he becomes the court official, the three of us can join hands and have a place above Xuanting."
Already."
Feng Taoist shook his head and said: "This is useless. The two of us are far behind everyone here in terms of qualifications and achievements. We were able to sit here only because of the support of Xuanting, regardless of those who are true practitioners."
Even if I am a Hunxiu cultivator, it will definitely not make me truly powerful. I expect that even if nothing happens to fellow Taoist Yu, something will happen to you and me."
The Taoist Taoist couldn't help but remain silent. After a while, he said: "But this time, we have to fight to let them know that we are not without weight."
The two of them originally thought that even if no one came from the true cultivator's side, someone from the Hunxiu cultivator's side would definitely come looking for them, and they might as well make an offer.
However, things did not develop like this. Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, but no one came to the door during this period, and the outside was extremely quiet. This made the two of them vaguely feel that something was wrong, but they did not know where the problem lay.
And a few days later, as the court meeting resumed, they came to the court again.