Zhao Ran, who is revered as the "Preaching Master", has been waiting for the reaction of Nazhen Tianzun, but until the end of the new year, Nazhen Tianzun had not made any move, and even did not appear in the two fasting rituals hosted by Zhang Yuanji. His figure.
Shen Yunjing left with his title, and did not continue to serve as the supervisor who had basically failed to perform his duties. However, he did not let go of the preparation of Daomen primary schools in various counties. With his decades of experience, wherever he went , no one dares to shirk responsibility.
Most of the Jianjiguan Taoist priests below Zhao Yunyi were still in the state of "resigning" or "sleeping", which made Zhang Yuanji unable to do anything, but he also did not bow to a group of Taoist priests from the Shifang Jungle, and the two sides There was such a stalemate. From September last year to the first month of the fifteenth year of Longqing, not a single official document was issued by Jian Ji Guan, and it was in a state of de facto paralysis.
In February of the 15th year of Longqing, Zhao Ran received a flying talisman from Chen Shandao and invited him to meet in the East China Sea. Zhao Ran rushed to Denglai, boarded a boat specially designed to welcome him at Denglai Water Camp, and came to inspect the fleet and Chen Shandao's Nan Zhili was waiting for him on the battlefield of the pirate alliance's battle.
Zhao Ran asked: "What important matter does Master Chen have that makes him so mysterious?"
Chen Shandao replied: "The Lord of Qingqiu wants to see you and says that the matter is of great importance and cannot be leaked out. I have thought about it and plan to accompany you there. I also informed Guo Hongjing of the matter. If the Lord of Qingqiu has any wrongdoing, Of course, someone will avenge you and me. Of course, it depends on your opinion whether to enter his Qingqiuhai. If you don't want to go in, we will let him speak out."
Hearing that it was an invitation from the Lord of Qingqiu, Zhao Ran was definitely going. He vaguely realized that perhaps this trip to Qingqiu Sea would unveil the mystery of Nazhen Fairy Boy.
The person who came to greet Zhao Ran and Chen Shandao was Old Man Hu. He met Zhao Ran on Chen Shandao's Nanzhili. He first congratulated "Master Hongfa", and without saying much, led the Nanzhili. He entered the demonic hell sea.
After several days of sailing and experiencing many storms, the Nan Zhili emerged from the fog. In front of it was a sea surface smoother than a mirror, and it was so quiet that it was heart-stopping.
In the sea is Qingqiu Island. The Lord of Qingqiu is sitting on a lawn on Qingqiu Island, teasing a group of little foxes. After driving the group of foxes away, he stretched out his hand and invited Zhao Ran and Chen Shandao to sit beside him and pondered for a moment. , said: "The silver mountain is returned to you. Please ask the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion to send someone to take it over."
Zhao Ran thought for a while and asked: "Could it be that Nazhen Fairy Boy failed again?"
The Lord of Qingqiu nodded: "It's useless to give money, I can't go back."
Zhao Ran and Chen Shandao looked at each other for a long time before Zhao Ran tried to ask: "What does Senior Qingqiu mean? Can't go back? Where are you going back to?"
The Lord of Qingqiu raised his finger and pointed at the sky, saying: "Heaven."
At this time, Zhao Ran and Chen Shandao were speechless for a long time, each of them was shocked.
"Senior Qingqiu is saying that you also come from heaven?"
The Lord of Qingqiu said: "Heaven is divided into three realms. Above the three realms are the Four Brahma Heavens. Above the Four Brahma Heavens are the Three Clear Heavens. Above them are the Great Luotian Heavens, which total thirty-six heavens. Our Qingqiu clan comes from the Desire Realm. Qingming is the most important heaven. These thirty-six heavens are the main heaven, and there are countless other heavens outside them. All the external heavens are divided into three levels, one is the heaven of chaos, the second is the heaven of spiritual power, and the third is the heaven of the end of law. , your realm is the second level among the outer heavens."
Chen Shandao asked: "What is the relationship between the various heavenly realms? How to connect them?"
The Lord of Qingqiu said: "The Tao is one, which is the Great Luotian. This is the heaven from which the universe is created. The Great Luotian undergoes changes and is divided into three consecutive days to become the Three Pure Heavens. The Three Pure Heavens continue to change and emerge.
The Four Brahma Heavens will change again and give rise to the twenty-eight heavens of the Three Realms. The twenty-eight heavens will continue downward, and due to the changes, the chaotic heavens will be born, and from this, layer by layer, they will rotate downwards."
Zhao Ran said that he couldn't understand. The Lord of Qingqiu summoned a raised ball of soil from the lawn, moved it to a certain position in the air, and then rotated downwards, round and round, and finally connected with the lawn.
The Lord of Qingqiu pointed to this conch-like mass of soil and said: "What would happen if the Tao Sect did not occupy Yingzhou? That is another world, which is different from the world that currently occupies Yingzhou, so it is divided into two
After occupying Yingzhou, should we occupy Li State? This choice or not will be divided into two worlds, which will continue to extend downward...there is no end to it."
Zhao Ran finally understood a little bit and asked: "Each choice is a world? In fact, our world has been divided into countless worlds?"
The Lord of Qingqiu said: "Not every choice can be divided into a world. It depends on whether the consequences of this choice are enough to overturn the inertia of this world. If it can be overturned, another world will be derived.
What is corrected due to the inertia of movement will remain in the original world without evolution."
Zhao Ran asked again: "Then the world we live in, as you just said, Senior Qingqiu, is in the spiritual heavens. How does it relate to the chaotic heavens and the Dharma-ending heavens?"
The Lord of Qingqiu said: "The chaotic heavens, the newborn heavens that evolved from the thirty-six days, can be pursued and sensed by the main heaven, and even come down; the spiritual heavens can still react with the main heaven, but this kind of induction is
Weak ones require the help of powerful rules to communicate, and when communicating, the main heaven realm is often passive; the Dharma-ending heaven realms are even more endless, and most of them have no spiritual power, and even practice is unavailable.
The world was abandoned by the Lord Heaven, and they will eventually be annihilated one by one."
“What does it mean to need strong rules to communicate?”
"It's the rules of chaos, such as the rules of faith, such as the rules of Qianli. The former is the basis for your Taoist sect to ascend. Use faith to build a rainbow bridge and sense the sky. When there is no faith, heaven cannot sense it and the upper and lower parts are isolated. Qianli
The rules are consistent with it, this is the rule of Marshal Zhao of Xuantan."
"So it turns out that so much money is needed to communicate with Marshal Zhao of Xuan Tan."
"Nazhen Fairy Boy is the boy under Marshal Zhao. If you want to communicate with Marshal Zhao, you have to use silver. In fact, if it were in another world, it might not be silver, it could be copper, banknotes, or even cloth.
, it’s shells, which one is needed depends on which kind of money is used in this world, whether it is silver or copper, banknotes, cloth, shells, it ultimately points to a problem, the circulation equivalent.”
"I understand, that is to say, if the Ming Dynasty abolishes the circulation of silver, the cash requested by Nazhen Fairy Tong will be meaningless?"
"good."
After finally catching a guy who claimed to be from the sky - and the situation seemed quite similar, Zhao Ran was definitely going to die and asked: "There is one more question, I wonder if I can ask you?"
"Please tell me."
"Nazhen Xiantong has received so much money, why did the communication with Marshal Zhao fail?"