Yes, the Four Symbols should indeed have this original meaning, and everyone in the world has this understanding.
However, the world will offer sacrifices to imaginary immortals and Buddhas, and gods canonized by kings, but almost no one has seen anyone offering sacrifices to the four elephants.
It's too fictitious.
It is said that Tai Chi generates two rituals, and two rituals generate four phenomena, which represents the evolution of the world, from the beginning to the recognition of the contradiction of yin and yang, and then to the cornerstone of the world view of the four directions and four seasons... But no one will worship Tai Chi or worship the two rituals, nor will it.
Know how to worship the four images.
The Four Symbols are a little better. After all, there are four manifestations of mythical beasts that people can worship, and some people still regard them as gods. Tai Chi and Liang Yi have completely become one concept, and they are nothing.
Even the Four Symbols Sect itself does not treat the worship of the Four Symbols as this initial world concept.
In their eyes, they are four powerful gods, representing the incarnations of the stars at night and the rulers of the sky.
So Wan Dongliu said that if the Four Symbols Sect had a leader, it would be Emperor Ye... but he did not say that it would be Tai Chi and Liang Yi.
To put it bluntly, it is similar to the Blood God Cult. It is still just a belief in dominance derived from the worship of power. It is not a religious understanding of the "omnipotent God" who "created human beings". However, the doctrines of established sects will naturally be combined with the view of creation.
The people below may believe that leaders like Zhuque may not take it seriously. Otherwise, how could they dare to call themselves Suzaku? Wouldn't it be blasphemy?
It is nothing more than comparing myself to the incarnation of the stars, the spokesperson of God, and kneeling down to worship her for the sake of the people below...
Of course, it does not mean that faith is false, faith is real and fanatical. Zhuque Xuanwu and even Xia Chichi devoutly believe that there must be a god representing the night sky in the last era, looking forward to and calling for her return to lead people to break the
Open this well and walk out into the boundless sky.
Believe it or not, it is really easy to see that no matter how dishonest Xia Chichi is about her "ex-lover" relationship, there is no problem with her belief in the Four Symbols, and Suzaku just turns a blind eye.
I'm not too harsh on her love affairs, I just hope it will get better as time goes by.
This is the desire of the strong men who are limited by their power in this era to "reach the sky". Different inheritances have developed into different sects, such as the Blood God, Maitreya, or the Four Symbols, and are further determined by the selfish desires of their respective leaders.
degree, leading to different paths.
Although the teachings of the Four Symbols are neither extreme nor vicious, they do not take the current world seriously, nor do they take ordinary people seriously. They do not have the advantages of Buddhism and Taoism in making people do good and making it easier to rule.
, on the contrary, all of them are extremely energetic saboteurs, and it is not uncommon to become a demon sect.
But the man in front of me is quite funny. He looks like he is distressed by "The Four Elephants have a very high style. Why did you turn a good thing into a demon cult?"
I'm not as sad as you are.
Zhuque found it very interesting and deliberately asked: "Do you believe in God?"
Zhao Changhe said: "Then we must first look at the definition of God."
"Um?"
"If it is said to be an extremely powerful being with extraordinary supernatural powers beyond my imagination, I believe it. There, the relics of the last era also prove this, why don't you believe it? But if they say that I was made out of mud,
, created by pulling out ribs, there are people who are in charge of wind, rain, thunder, lightning, fortune, wealth, marriage, and the fate of life and death has been decided long ago, so just listen to it."
When Zhao Changhe said this, he roughly understood what "Wing Fire Snake" meant by asking these questions, and said: "Want to test me? It's hard for me to believe in any religious sect, and I have different ideas. But you finally have this idea, which really makes me happy. I'm very relieved that I never planned to go against the Four Symbols Sect, okay? It stands to reason that we are very destined. It was you, Lord Suzaku, who saw people through your nostrils. Otherwise, wouldn't it be over if you brought me into the Four Symbols Sect? They yelled at me to kill me, when have I ever offended the Four Symbols Cult..."
In fact, he didn't dare to join the Four Symbols Sect at that time. The reason why Chi Chi gave him Xia Longyuan's jade pendant was because he was afraid that it would be inconvenient to bring it with him to join the Sect. The two were in conflict. Since he accepted Xia Longyuan's inheritance, he naturally did not Dare to enter the Four Symbols Sect.
Of course, when he said this now, Suzaku could only admit it. At that time, she really did not take this older young man who had betrayed his master in her eyes. Otherwise, she should have brought him back to the Four Elephants Sect from the beginning. How could he be left in the Blood God Sect?
Suzaku coughed slightly and said: "The Venerable has seen thousands of miles and has his own considerations. What do you, a young man with a fifth-level entrance, know?"
Zhao Changhe said lazily: "It's not necessarily true that I see you thousands of miles away. It's true that she may be very beautiful."
Suzaku: "?"
Zhao Changhe said: "So now she is asking you to assess me? What position are you going to give me? How can there be such a thing? I haven't seen the benefit of doing an assessment first, but she still looks so condescending, treating herself like a piece of cake. Oh, how dare I beg to join the church? By the way, she was afraid that Chi Chi and I would get together, so she still dared to let me join the church. Could it be that she personally... Forget it, don't worry about it, I'm a rough person and my mouth is leaking. of."
Zhuque held it in for a long time before he said: "I don't know what your venerable master is thinking. I just came to ask you a few questions and then leave. If you are so stubborn, you don't have to answer. What does it have to do with me? Why don't you rush?" Why am I losing my temper?"
Zhao Changhe: "Then what else do you want to ask? You are just asking, why do you have to hold your neck and not answer such a small question? How big a deal is it?"
Suzaku stared into his eyes seriously and asked one by one: "What is the purpose of your martial arts practice?"
"If I get closer, others won't be able to bully me, I can do what I want to do, and those who can't stand it will be qualified to take care of me."
"Where's the far one?"
"I can appreciate the truth of the era, get a glimpse of the power of gods and Buddhas, break through the limitations of this world, and go where I should go."
Suzaku's eyes suddenly burst into light.
At this moment, the explosions and shouts of energy exchanges were heard from the direction of the Taiyi Sect's main hall, and the Taiyi Sect's killing sounds spread everywhere, as if an ambush had come out to fight the incoming enemy.
Guichen's old voice echoed: "I don't know who is so persistent. They all said that I was prepared and yet they insisted on forcing their way in... It turned out to be a barbarian."
Suzaku quickly figured it out in his mind.
No matter how many people have the same idea as her, they must admit that this method is indeed too crude. It is not known how effective it will be in driving a wedge between the court and the Wang family. If things go smoothly, then just do it. Since the other party has If you are prepared, there is no need to force it, and you will not be forced into a corner.
Only the Hu people would have crazier ideas than them to cause trouble, and they would insist on force... Of course, the Hu people may not have received the hint of Guichen's release at all.
The Yanmen soldiers don't even know how many of them are from the Wang family. Once the Wang family changes, there will be no suspense in the battle of Yanmen. The Hu people are the ones who want the Wang family to change the most.
But she saw Zhao Changhe, who had been sitting there peacefully chatting with her, suddenly stood up, raised his knife and went out.
Suzaku asked subconsciously: "What are you doing? The barbarian coming must be a strong person from the Earth Ranking. Are you going to see him off?"
Zhao Changhe looked back at her strangely: "Gui Chen is also on the ground list, or the home court has arrangements. The other party may not necessarily get a better deal. The strength of one more person will increase the bargaining chip. Do you stand and watch? You are a Winged Fire Snake.
, your cultivation should be high, don’t say you want to sit back and watch the barbarians wreak havoc, and let me look down on your Four Symbol Sect.”
"..." Suzaku was full of ellipses.
I originally planned to kill Guichen, but after a long time, I came to protect him?