Chapter 504: The Battle of Dao Ancestors (Updated!)
Taoist Yuan and the young man Yun Hai were inexplicably surprised that Patriarch Yuqing was rescued by Xu Ying so early!
But when?
Xu Ying was also quite surprised in his heart.
Five years ago in Tianhe, Xu Ying made an agreement with Taoist Yuan. After finishing his work, he went to the Dousita Palace of Lihentian to meet each other and went to the Shangqing Ancestral Court together. After separation from Taoist Yuan, Xu Ying went to Wei Xu and found that
The corpse ghost fairyland in Weixu is the Xuanhuang Realm Dojo. He used the Jade Plate to restore the heaven and earth avenue of Xuanhuang Realm.
The avenue of heaven and earth is restored, and the soul of heaven and earth belonging to that dojo is also restored.
At that time, because he did not want to be too involved with such existences to avoid being involved in these ancient causes and effects, he did not meet the Taoist and turned around and left.
I didn’t expect to meet you again here!
"The silent resurrection of Patriarch Yuqing, could it be that Xu Daxin is really a Xu Daxin?"
Taoist Yuan murmured, "Uncle Master, do you think it is possible that we have misunderstood him?"
Young Yunhai said in despair: "Then we have been waiting for five years in Tushita Palace. What are we waiting for?"
Xu Ying smiled and said: "You are waiting for me to take me to the Shangqing Ancestral Court."
The young Yunhai was quite dissatisfied, but could not find anything to refute.
Taoist Yuqing, wearing a black and yellow Taoist robe, tall and thin, with a Taoist spirit and an air of immortality, came forward and said with a smile: "Last time, Taoist Master Xu left in a hurry and could not meet again. It is a pity. Mr. Taoist Xu asked me to go and ask for help from others."
, I never thought of going round and round, but we meet again here, which is considered destined."
At that time, Xu Ying was just talking to himself in a low voice, and he was very far away, but Taoist Yuqing could hear him clearly.
Xu Yingdao: "I wanted to escape that day, but after five years, I still couldn't escape. This shows that I have a close relationship with Shangqing."
Taoist Yuqing summoned a cloud of energy, landed at his feet, and said meaningfully: "Fellow Taoist, you think this fate is a big disaster, but maybe it's not necessarily a big disaster? Please come this way."
Xu Ying climbed onto this cloud, just like stepping on cotton.
Taoist Yuan and Junior Master Yunhai also followed, drifting forward with Taoist Yuqing's clouds.
Xu Ying felt that as he breathed, the spirit of the immortal spirit rolled in like nectar and jade liquid, pouring into his whole body, making him feel indescribably comfortable.
He looked around, but saw that this cave was different from the Taishang Cave Abyss he had seen before. The Taishang Cave Abyss was extremely deep and empty, with only the souls and physical bodies of the ancient monks, and some Taoist trees.
However, Shangqing Dongyuan is surrounded by the wonderland of fairy mountains, with countless Taoist temples and fairy palaces on the fairy mountains.
He looked deeper into the cave abyss and saw many fairy mountains lined up, heading into the depths of the cave abyss with no end in sight.
"These palaces on the Immortal Mountains are where the Shangqing Qigong practitioners and immortals studied the Shangqing Way."
Taoist Yuqing drove the auspicious clouds to fly over the temples and palaces, and said: "This place was not as good as it is now. When Shangqing Dadongyuan was first summoned, it was full of chaos and had no place to stand. It was me and fellow Taoist Taiqing.
Join forces to suppress the chaos in this place. After that, we recruit many disciples and establish the Shangqing Taoist Sect."
Although Taoist Yuan and his junior uncle Yun Hai were disciples of Shangqing, they had already passed the Taoist period when they received the inheritance of Shangqing. The Shangqing Taoist sect was not as good as before, so they did not know much about the origin of Shangqing Dadongyuan.
The two of them listened to Taoist Yuqing's narration about the past and were entranced.
"The Shangqing Dao Sect later developed and expanded, and there were more than 30,000 disciples practicing and enlightening in the Great Cave Abyss. More than 30,000 Taoists stayed here, all in order to obtain the true meaning of the Shangqing Dao."
Taoist Yuqing paused lightly, landed in front of one of the Taoist temples, stepped in, and said, "It's strange to say that there is only one avenue, Shangqing Avenue, but everyone understands the truth differently. Although they are
None of the disciples of Taoist Taoist Brother Taiqing and I have comprehended the Great Pure Path, and none of them are similar to what Taoist Taoist Taoist Master Taiqing and I have comprehended. More than 30,000 people have actually comprehended more than 30,000 different ways.
Come to the Dharma! Even my Taoist fellow Taoist Taiqing and I have had big differences."
Xu Ying was stunned and lost his voice: "How come you can come up with different methods after studying the same great way? Unless, unless..."
He suddenly said: "Except these 30,000 kinds of dharma, none of them are righteous dharma!"
As soon as he said this, Taoist Yuan and Junior Master Yunhai scolded him for being disrespectful.
The Shangqing Taoist Sect is one of the three great sects in the ancient times. It has a long history and an ancient origin. The Taoism is even more profound and unpredictable. It is said that it is not the correct method. No wonder the two of them are furious.
Taoist Yuqing was surprised and said: "Fellow Taoist Xu is indeed a person with wisdom. He can see the key to the problem at a glance. We are here to understand the secrets of the Shangqing Dao. The reason why everyone understands the method differently is that we are all blind and trying to figure out the elephant."
Some people touched the legs and said it was a pillar, some touched the trunk and said it was a python, and some touched the body and said it was a wall. No one has ever touched a complete elephant."
When Taoist Yuan and Uncle Master saw what he said, they couldn't scold Xu Ying. They couldn't scold the Patriarch for not understanding the Shangqing Taoism, right?
In the Taoist temple, Xu Ying looked around and saw a series of sutra pillars standing here. The sutra pillars were about two feet high and divided into three levels: base, pillar body, and precious cover.
There are many strange Taoist patterns carved on it, and the Taoist patterns are like living creatures, still circulating on the prayer pillar.
These scripture buildings should be the place where disciples of the Shangqing Dao Sect can verify each other's knowledge. They meditate on the Shangqing Dao here, and after each gains something, they record it and communicate with other disciples.
Taoist Yuqing gently waved his sleeves, and suddenly the sutra pillars flew up. The Taoist patterns on the sutra pillars were projected around Xu Ying and others. The Taoist sounds were loud, and the lines were like dragons, thunder, and wind and frost, changing rapidly, explaining
The secrets of different avenues.
There are an extremely large number of sutra pillars in this Taoist temple, and countless Taoist sounds converge to form a torrent, just like thousands of overlapping voices, but they are all different. The Taoist patterns are confusing, and although each has its own explanation, it is not consistent.
Xu Ying was dazzled by what he saw and dizzy by what he heard.
Taoist Yuqing withdrew his magic power, and the sutra pillars fell to the ground one by one. The Taoist patterns flying in the sky also returned to the sutra pillars, and the Taoist sounds disappeared.
"Fellow Taoist Taiqing and I also realized this. Although our cultivation at that time could not be said to be perfect, it was still extraordinary. Even the Immortal Emperor had to be respectful. But we both felt that
, we have not truly achieved enlightenment.”
Taoist Yuqing sighed, paused, and the auspicious clouds rose up, carrying them from the Taoist temple to the sky, and flew towards other fairy mountains.
They came to another Taoist temple in the Immortal Mountain. When the clouds fell, Taoist Yuqing offered sacrifices to the sutra pillars here. However, they saw the Taoist patterns flying in the sutra pillars, which were almost not similar to the sutra pillars they had seen before!
This situation is really weird.
People from the same sect, who have studied the same Tao, will realize different Tao methods. If they are similar, it would be fine, but if they are different, it only means that everyone is practicing wrong!
Xu Ying's heart moved slightly. He felt the world carefully and felt the wonderful rhythm of the avenue, which was fascinating.
This is the rhythm brought by Shangqing Avenue.
This place is different from Taishang Cave Abyss. The Tao of Taishang Cave Abyss is extremely mysterious. If you have a little contact, you will understand the Tao.
Tao risks.
But the Shangqing Avenue is different. The heaven and earth avenue here is long and long. It is not as easy to enter and attain the Tao as the Taishang Dao, and it is not as fast to comprehend as the Taishang Dao, but it is much safer. However, what everyone realizes is different.
Same.
Taoist Yuqing said: "Taoist Taiqing and I have been studying hard, but we still can't figure out where the problem lies. After wasting so long, we suddenly thought of a key point."
His feet paused, and the clouds rose up, carrying them away from the temple and to the next fairy mountain.
This is a fairy palace. Many Shangqing disciples must have gathered here to discuss Taoism. The fairy light was at its peak and the fairy spirit was extraordinary.
Yuqing Taoist said: "We thought at that time, since we can't directly understand the Great Pure Path, can we gather all the great ways enlightened by Shangqing disciples and deduce the Great Pure Path?"
Xu Ying's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands in praise: "This is a good method! Since we can't directly understand the Great Pure Path, let's summarize the different insights. Taoist brother, have you found the real Great Pure Path?"
"No."
Taoist Yuqing looked sad and said, "After Taoist Taoist Taiqing and I compiled these Taoisms, our starting points came into conflict. I thought that more people should be able to understand the Shangqing Dao and comprehend more different Taoisms.
From these Tao and Dharma, discard the ones that are the same and choose the different ones, and what you get is the Tao of the Supreme Purity."
His method is equivalent to putting together a puzzle.
Each member of the Shangqing Sect understands a different Tao here, which is equivalent to getting a puzzle piece. Excluding those similar pieces, the more puzzle pieces they get, the more complete the pattern will be.
Taoist Yuqing said: "Fellow Taoist Taiqing believes that those different Taoisms are illusions, and that the Tao understood by all disciples is the true knowledge. He wants to find the similarities among these Taoisms, and the similarities are the highest purity."
Avenue.”
Taiqing Taoist's method is to find similarities.
The Taoism that each disciple understands is really complex. It is extremely difficult to piece together the real Shangqing Dao from the thousands of confusing Taoisms, and what you get may not be the real Shangqing Dao. And the Shangqing Dao must contain these thousands of things.
It is extremely simple to find it among the messy Taoism.
They flew up from this fairy palace and headed to the next fairy mountain.
As they gradually went deeper into the Shangqing Great Cave Abyss, Xu Ying felt that his perception of the Shangqing Avenue became clearer and clearer, and he increasingly felt that he would achieve enlightenment with just a little insight.
Taoist Yuqing flew down to a fairy palace below and said: "After I had a conflict with him, we each held our own opinions and thought that our own way was right and the other party was wrong. So we decided to divide into two
direction, each sorting out the Tao, Dharma and magical powers. In the end, we put together the Shangqing Tao that we each sorted out and confirmed each other. If we get the same Shangqing Tao, it means we have attained the Tao. If they are different, it means we have attained the Tao.
One of them is wrong."
He did not fall behind, he just passed through the doors of this extraordinary immortal palace. There were futons, sutra pillars, and jade stones in the palace.
Xu Ying asked: "What's the result?"
Taoist Yuqing sighed and said: "The result is the Huangting Sutra and the Shangqing Great Cave Sutra."
Xu Ying was silent for a moment and said, "So the results you get are different?"
Taoist Yuqing sighed again and said: "It's completely different. The Huangting Sutra and the Shangqing Great Cave Sutra cannot be unified. I exchanged exercises with him, he got the Shangqing Dadong Sutra, and I got the Huangting Sutra, and we meditated on it
After a long time, I still don’t think I was wrong.”
If the Tao doesn't work, then see the real chapter in your hand.
The two founders of the Shangqing Taoist sect competed to prove who was the righteous Dharma of the Shangqing Taoist sect. Whoever achieved higher levels of Taoism was the righteous Dharma!
The result of this battle was that Taiqing Taoist left and founded Lihentian Doushui Palace, leaving only Yuqing Taoist in the Shangqing Taoist sect.
Taoist Yuan and his junior uncle Yun Hai looked at each other, and both were a little scared: "It turns out that Taoist Taiqing left because he was defeated and was unwilling to admit that his path was wrong. We have been living with him in the past few years.
Damn it, he didn’t kill us, his cultivation is ridiculously high!”
Taoist Yuqing said: "I defeated Taoist Taiqing, and I was extremely happy. I originally thought that my way was the right way, and my way was the great road to the Qing Dynasty. Since then, I have recruited many disciples, preached and gained karma, and went up to the Qing Dynasty.
The Qingdao Sect is also becoming more and more prosperous, and more disciples come to study the Shangqing Dao. I have no prejudice against the Huangting Sutra and let my disciples practice it. If they think Huangting Sutra is good, they will practice Huangting Sutra. If they think the Dadong Sutra is good, they will practice the Dadong Sutra.
I even practiced the Huangting Sutra and reached the highest level of achievement."
A towering fairy mountain comes into view in front of you. The golden palace on the top of the mountain is filled with fairy light and extraordinary majesty. From a distance, you can hear deafening chanting from inside.
"The Xuan Zongmen is slightly illuminated, and the sky is bright and clear. The ultimate path is silent, and you can see the Sansu Palace. The great road is here, and the scenery is full of clouds and dragons..."
That sound was the sound of thousands of people chanting. Obviously, this place is an extremely important Taoist temple for the Shangqing Taoist sect.
But when Xu Ying heard this voice, he couldn't help but be a little confused: "There are still so many strong people in the Shangqing Taoist sect alive?"
He could sense the powerful aura coming from the golden palace on the top of the mountain in front of him. Everyone's cultivation was extremely powerful, deeper and more powerful than him!
"I always thought I was right, until one day I cried."
Taoist Yuqing slowly descended from the clouds and came to this fairy palace called "Fangzhu Qing Palace". He hesitated for a moment and then walked in.
The clouds at Xu Ying's feet dispersed and he followed him, only to see thousands of Taoists in front of him with their backs to them, sitting upright and reciting the "Shangqing Great Cave Sutra" loudly!
The essence of these Taoists is permeated, the Taoist charm is long, and a clear energy in their bodies rises to the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds in Shangqing Cave Abyss!
When they arrived here, their auras became more and more powerful, and each of them actually had a cultivation level that was not inferior to that of the Immortal Lord or the Heavenly Lord!
Xu Ying's face suddenly changed, showing a look of awe, and he whispered: "A Shangqing Dao Sect is probably equivalent to an Immortal Court!"
At this moment, a cold wind blew from behind them, lifting the robes of thousands of Taoists.
Under the clothes and robes, there are white bones.
Those Taoists didn't know they were dead, but they were still reciting the "Shangqing Dadong Sutra" loudly, as if they were using this to fight against the invasion of something!