Marshal Zhao Gong, whose surname was Zhao Minglang, was a native of Zhongnan Mountain. He later lived in seclusion in Shu and practiced Taoism. When the ancestor Tianshi was refining elixirs in Qingcheng Mountain, he took him to guard the alchemy room. After the elixir was ready, he divided it and ate it, thus achieving Taoism.
The elixir refined by the Celestial Master was so similar in shape to the Celestial Master. The Celestial Master then ordered him to permanently guard the Xuantan, named the Marshal of the Xuantan, to lead the Heavenly Lord of recruiting treasures, to receive the Heavenly Lord of treasures, to attract wealth, and to be the Immortal Official of the Lucky City, etc., and to be in charge of people.
All the gold and silver treasures in the world.
Zhao Ran, along with the abbots of the training class, looked up at the statue of Marshal Zhao in the main hall of Xuantan Palace. They saw that the statue looked like a black pot, with a black tiger underneath, a silver whip in one hand, and an ingot in the other. It was full of jewels and jewels, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.
I also listened to the abbot of Xuantan Palace explaining his life experience and appearance to everyone. I secretly speculated that Marshal Zhao might have also been transformed into a great demon. Just by looking at which elixir he had taken, his appearance would resemble which one.
Then you can know it.
Suddenly, he started to worry about Linghe Baishanjun. She has been trying to transform beside Patriarch Longyang. Will Patriarch Longyang let her take drugs and become a second little Longyang? That would be a bit bad...
Xuantan Palace is located in the capital city, and is next to the downtown area, so it occupies a small area, totaling more than ten acres of land. It is much smaller than the Cock Cing Temple under the jurisdiction of Dao Lu Si. It only has the Temple of Wealth.
There is a main hall, as well as two auxiliary halls, Cihang Hall and Zushi Hall, and the rest are the eight major deacon rooms, including the Lao Yuan, the Sutra Hall, and the Yunshui Hall. Even the supervisory hall and the abbot's courtyard are of higher standard than the Baima Yuan where Zhao Ran stayed.
It is much smaller, not to mention compared with Wujiyuan and Xizhenwu Palace.
However, although this Taoist palace occupies a small area, it has many Taoist priests. There are more than 130 Taoist priests and the same number of Huo Gong laymen. Where do so many people live? The Taoist priests are crowded in the courtyard, and the Huo Gong laymen are crowded together.
Then they rented a house and lived outside. Therefore, the neighborhood surrounding Daogong was also called Xuantanfang, and basically every household had something to do with Xuantan Palace.
Most of the abbots in the training class came directly from the mountain. They are incomparable to Zhao Ran, Jiu Niang and others. Including Pei Zhongze, the content of the tour and explanations were all the courses they must understand to take over the position of abbot. Each one of them
It feels very novel to hear it.
The Leng Supervisor of Xuantan Palace took everyone to sit in the Sutra Hall again, and invited the eight deacons out one by one. Each of them briefly talked about their responsibilities and daily affairs, which made everyone gain a lot.
In the afternoon, all the abbots witnessed a consecration ceremony where a businessman from the county below came to invite a statue for a newly opened shop. After the ceremony, the presiding Gao Gong said with shame: "Xiao Dao is unable to do anything, and all the masters laughed.
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Zhengyin Jinghui, who led the team, said: "This is what we want to learn from you fellow Taoists. Even if you don't have magic power, you are still working hard and meticulously. It is precisely because of your persistence that the credibility of the Taoist sect is maintained.
Lasts forever.”
When the sun was about to set, the day's field visit and study ended. The abbot surnamed Hou took the lead in sending everyone out. Someone asked when the Xuantan Palace would select monks to settle in. The abbot smiled bitterly and said: "It's always soon.
, Since the Sijiao Celestial Master took office, there has been a lot of commotion. I, the old Taoist, am already old. After a few more years, I can no longer hold on. I will prepare a letter of resignation in a few days."
Although Abbot Hou is old, looking at him today, there is no such thing as "unable to hold on". There will be no problem in working for another five or six years. Just listen to the desolate tone in his voice, and you can hear the meaning behind it.
Unwilling.
But what can you do if you are unwilling to do so? The replacement of the abbots of all palaces will be completed within three years. This is the general trend. In the face of this general trend, all personal futures have to give way. Not only him, but also the secular Taoists of the hundreds of remaining Taoist palaces in the Ming Dynasty.
The abbot, among whom there are many who are younger and more energetic than him, must vacate his position within two years, transfer those who should be transferred, and resign as they should. This is the pain of reform.
This abbot Hou is a little better. Since the Songfan Tianhe Palace was upgraded in the 20th year of Jiajing, in the 22nd year, Jiujiang Prefecture in Jiangxi and Yingtian Prefecture in Nanzhili were also upgraded by half a rank. Therefore, Tianhe Palace, the Three Saints
The Xuantan Palace and the Xuantan Palace have become the three sub-provincial Taoist palaces of the Taoist sect. As the abbot of the Xuantan Palace, he is a provincial-level Taoist priest and a direct Taoist priest of the Lushan Dianzhu Academy. No matter how he moves, even if
In the end, he said that such Taoist priests will always be watched and cared for by the General View until they die.
The situation is different for the other abbots in the Taoist palaces of state capitals. If they are just half a step behind, their treatment after resigning will be very different.
After going to the Xuantan Palace in Yingtian Mansion, we will then travel to several surrounding prefectures, such as Zhenjiang Prefecture, Guangde Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, etc. At the end of December, we will also take the advanced training course
As the host, we held a fasting ceremony at Wenchang Temple. Wenchang Temple is a provincial temple in southern Zhili. Holding a fasting ceremony here can be regarded as a graduation internship exercise for all the abbots.
As the advanced training class enters the second half, the noisy training ball competition also comes to an end. After seven rounds, Zhaozhen Pavilion Xing Tenghe won the first place in the Archmage Group, and Lingxu Pavilion Du Xingyan ranked first in the Jindan Mage Group.
Taking the lead, in the yellow crown group, Zhang Tengming achieved a comeback and won the championship in the last round, which made everyone feel incredible.
Regarding Zhang Tengming's victory, Zhao Ran was also speechless. When he was having a crucial round of duel with Yan Shifan, a thunderstorm suddenly fell in Yingtian Mansion. By coincidence, Yan Shifan was showing off his latest idea because he was leading by a big score.
The fancy hitting method, this hitting method borrowed from Shenxiao's thunder talisman method, so tragedy happened, a thunder was "led" by him...
Fortunately, Yan Shifan was only in the Huangguan realm, and because he did not have strong control over his skills, in order to avoid the extremely unlikely possibility of being struck by himself, he had already worn protective gloves in advance, so he did not end up being struck to death by lightning.
Tragedy. But even so, his club was damaged on the spot, and his body was also paralyzed to a certain extent. He was unable to complete the rest of the game and had to quit with regret.
After this incident, the practice ball competition made clear regulations on the material of the clubs, and it was not allowed to add gold or iron materials to the clubs. At the same time, this incident also caused a lot of rumors in the capital. Many people applauded and said it was strict.
Mr. Ge has done too many bad things, and the retribution is on his son.
As a result, Xing Tenghe, Du Xingyan and Zhang Tengming will become the champions of next year's spring competition, waiting for others to challenge them. The detailed resumes of the three have also been published in major periodicals, accompanied by extremely realistic character illustrations, becoming
He has become a spiritual star that people talk about.
More importantly, after discussion, the organizing committee increased the rewards for participating monks. In particular, the three champions were given heavy season awards. Xing Tenghe was awarded 5,000 taels, Du Xingyan was awarded 4,000 taels, and Zhang Tengming was awarded 3,000 taels.
2. As soon as such a reward was released, it immediately attracted the attention of the world.