Qi Xuansu chatted with the old man again about the White Lotus Sect.
After hundreds of years of development, the incense hall with a few hundred people at that time now has at least more than 10,000 people.
There may be more, because the people of the White Lotus Sect were scattered and teleported to various places when they came to this cave. It took hundreds of years to gradually restore contact. No one can have all the information. The number of tens of thousands is just a rough estimate, which is far from the actual existence.
If you carefully calculate the deviation, it is possible that it is tens of thousands of people.
After all, people here will not die of old age, and the population will only continue to increase, not decrease. As for those who have accomplished cultivation and will never return once they leave the mountains, there are only a very small number of them.
According to the old man, after so many years of development, the White Lotus Sect has far exceeded the size of an incense hall. About two hundred years ago, at the suggestion of the son of the old leader, a conference was held.
The old headmaster was the headmaster of Xiangtang when they had not entered Cave Heaven. Later, everyone dispersed to various places and established Xiangtang respectively. This headmaster also became the old headmaster. As for why it was the son of the old headmaster who came forward instead of the old headmaster.
The reason for teaching me is naturally because the old headmaster himself has been enlightened by the "Cloud God" and is gone forever.
The son of the old leader suggested that everyone simply establish a new leader, because when they were outside, the White Lotus Sect did have a leader, not only a leader, but also a saint.
Of course, the White Lotus Sect is as well-organized as the Taoist Sect, and its leader cannot be compared with the Taoist Sect's Grand Master, or even inferior to the Sixth Generation Grandmaster. But no matter what, there is a nominal talker after all. In a sense,
It is said that the leader of the White Lotus Sect is more like the so-called martial arts leader. Apart from being able to hold martial arts conferences, he has basically no role.
Therefore, in essence, the White Lotus Sect still has individual incense halls doing their own thing. Each incense hall has mobilized a group of people to fight against each other. Each time, it is a situation of eighteen princes. There is no unified command, so they are always defeated one by one.
It wasn't until Xu Zu integrated the White Lotus Sect into the Qingyang Sect, and served as the leader, with three generals under his command, that the leader had real power, but it was short-lived. Later came the "Tianting", and Patriarch Jin Gong did have real power, but it was far from the White Lotus Sect era.
Nearly five hundred years have passed.
Precisely because of the weakness of the leader, each incense hall did not object to nominating the leader, and even the leaders of several large incense halls were gearing up to compete for the leader's position. The final result was that the son of the old leader became the leader, and the old leader remained in power until the end.
The remaining power is still there, protecting the descendants. The leader has established new religious rules. After all, everyone has converted to Yun Shen and is no longer the birthless old mother. Naturally, this rule has to be changed.
There is also a saint, although it is not as important as the leader, but you still have to choose, because it is only limited to women, the competition is not so fierce, and you have to recruit people to make up the number, so it is easier to choose.
Qi Xuansu listened for a while and felt that this was related to
The isolated White Lotus Sect is somewhat similar to the Taoist sect. The leader is a simplified version of the Grand Master. The Holy Girl plays a similar role to the Grand Master's wife and the three deputy Masters, but they are also weakened versions.
The remaining Xiangtang leaders are the enhanced version of Zhenzhi Zhenren, who hold the real power and are responsible for recommending the leader.
Nowadays, the leader is sitting in the main altar. Although he does not hold absolute power, he is like the emperor in the Spring and Autumn Period. The princes nominally respect the emperor and pay homage to the emperor from time to time. The emperor will also mediate various conflicts between the princes.
The main altar is located at the entrance of the mountain where "Yun Shen" lives. It is like a gatekeeper. Qi Xuansu must pass here if he wants to go to the core area.
After Qi Xuansu learned about this, he made a decision in his heart, bid farewell to this old man, and continued on his journey.
Qi Xuansu does not intend to interfere in the lives of these people. Those who are in harmony with Dongtian can no longer leave Dongtian, so it is better to let nature take its own course. If one day, Dongtian collapses and is destroyed, it will be their own fate. The situation is so vast that it cannot be ignored.
It survives because of Yao, and does not perish because of Zhou.
Ordinary believers may have to walk for a year and a half to go to the main altar, but Qi Xuansu took advantage of the wind and only needed a day or two.
Qi Xuansu soon saw the mountain where the "Cloud God" lived. As the saying goes, the mountain is still far away, but he could see it more clearly. It was indeed shrouded in clouds and mist, and he could only see it from a distance.
A mountain peak pokes out, and the rest is covered in white mist, like an isolated island in a sea of clouds.
There seems to be a restricted formation above the sea of clouds.
If you enter it rashly, you may get lost in the sea of rolling clouds.
There is only a faintly visible road into the mountain from the front, which is blocked by a walled city. I guess that is the main altar of the White Lotus Sect.
Of course Qi Xuansu could have forced his way through, but he did not do so. Instead, he lowered his body and planned to explore the truth first.
Even if his guess is correct, "Yun God" is not Yun Zhongjun and cannot reach the height of the Second Tribulation Immortal, but what if it is the second He Luo God? Now Long Xiaobai has gone somewhere, and there is no Wuniang.
This kind of portable assistance has even been used up the last page of the "Xirui Sutra". He alone cannot compete with the immortals, so it is better to be careful.
For Qi Xuansu, the future is bright, so there is no need to take too many risks. Now is no longer the time when he risked his life to gain an opportunity. The son of a rich man should pay more attention to Jie Chuitang.
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The walled city is not big, with only a thousand people, but it is much larger than the settlement Qi Xuansu went to before, and the cultivation level of the people in it is obviously a higher level overall. It seems that the general altar is quite intimidating.
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Qi Xuansu lowered his body and came directly to the walled city.
Such behavior quickly attracted the attention of the city guards.
A group of people immediately gathered around them. Although they didn't have any armor on them, they were all by no means mediocre. They were all innate people, and the leader was in the stage of returning to his true nature.
Although there is no systematic teaching here, those who were enlightened by the "Yun Shen" should have left behind some self-created exercises. Development also requires size. The size of a Taoist sect determines the 200-year miracle of the Taoist sect.
From being torn apart to half of the world. There were only a few hundred people here at the beginning. It is not easy to develop to what it is today. ??
Qi Xuansu waved his sleeves, causing a gust of breeze to push these people back a few feet, and said, "I don't have any ill intentions in coming here."
These people are also knowledgeable people. When they saw Qi Xuansu descending from the sky first and then showing such a trick, they immediately changed their tone. The leader said: "I wonder where you come from?"
Qi Xuansu wanted to say, "Come from where you came from, and go to where you are going," but he held it back and said, "Come from Kunlun Jade Capital."
The leader immediately took a breath of cold air. Everyone knew about Kunlun's reputation. Even though they were born in this isolated place, they also knew the existence of Kunlun Mountain from the mouths of their elders. It is Wanshan Mountain.
The ancestor of the Taoist sect, the ancestral court of the Taoist sect, the fairyland where gods and men live together, and the place where Taishang Taoist ancestors preached and made elixirs.
At this moment, another person asked: "But that's the 'White Jade Capital in the Sky'?"
Qi Xuansu followed the reputation and found out that she was a woman. She seemed to be about the same age as Qi Xuansu. She had good looks, dignified demeanor, and was dressed in plain clothes. It was hard to tell what her figure was.
Looking at the reactions of other people around her, they not only made way for the woman, but also showed respect on their faces.
According to the old man, there are two main figures in the general altar, one is the leader and the other is the saint. Then there are some elders and the like, who may not have much power, but are highly respected and quite prestigious.
This woman is young, definitely not an elder, and she is dressed in white, which makes her stand out among the crowd. There is a word "white" in the name of the White Lotus sect, which advocates the color white. The "Cloud God" is also white, so she is probably a saint.
Qi Xuansu explained: "After the Kunlun Cave fell to the ground, Yujing was no longer in the sky."
The woman's face became solemn: "Your Excellency is from the Taoist sect."
Qi Xuansu replied: "The whole world in the Central Plains, up to the emperor
The emperors and kings, from the rivers and lakes to the grass, are all members of the Taoist sect."
The woman thought for a while and then asked: "Does your Majesty know Zhenren Su?"
This confirmed Qi Xuansu's guess. It was obviously not the first time that Su Yuanzai came here. He was familiar with these people from the White Lotus Sect and seemed to regard this place as his own garden.
As for how the people in the imperial court knew about this, the reason is not complicated. As long as within the scope of the Central Plains, there are two systems in every place, one is the Taoist system, and the other is the local three-level system of the imperial court.
.Yunmengze was mysterious. The Xiangzhou Taoist government was suppressed by Su Yuanzai. The imperial court was not under the control of Su Yuanzai. Naturally, it was reported to the imperial court, so the imperial court sent an "inn" to deal with the matter.
Qi Xuansu asked: "Is it Mr. Su who is assisting Mr. Su?"
"Gongfu" is Su Yuanzai's nickname.
The woman nodded and said: "Exactly."
Qi Xuansu said: "To be honest, Su Zhenren's sister is the teacher of my Taoist couple."
The woman was obviously startled and had an obvious thought process. After all, the relationship between relatives was somewhat convoluted.
Strictly speaking, Su Yuanzai is Zhang Yuelu's half-uncle, and Zhang Yuelu can also be called his uncle. That's probably the relationship.
Qi Xuansu said: "When I came in, Master Su was still in front of me. Have you seen Master Su?"
The woman shook her head: "I haven't seen Zhenren Su yet."
Qi Xuansu pondered.
Could it be that Su Yuanzai and others were teleported to a farther place? Was he the first to arrive here?
So should he linger here for a few days and take a look? Or should he enter this mist-shrouded mountain first?
Just because I was afraid, I waited for Zhou Mengyao before Long Xiaobai or Su Yuanzai.
Qi Xuansu faced Zhou Mengyao alone. Even if Zhou Mengyao suffered heavy losses, Qi Xuansu did not dare to say that he could escape unscathed. After all, Zhou Mengyao's immortal foundation was there, and Qi Xuansu was still a little weak.
It was true last time because he was in Yujing, which was equivalent to the emperor's feet. Qi Xuansu was naturally very tough. Now it was equivalent to the wilderness, which was the most suitable place to kill people and silence them.
This is quite a dilemma.
Qi Xuansu collected his thoughts: "The girl should be the saint of the White Lotus Sect."
The woman said seriously: "We no longer believe in the Innocent Old Mother, but have converted to believe in the Cloud God, so we officially changed our name to the Baiyun Sect."
Qi Xuansu was silent for a long time.
This is no longer a problem of changing taste, but that even the brand has been changed.