After Pei Xiaolou briefly talked about the financial situation of the Taoist sect, he turned to the main topic: "Tianyuan, you should have known for a long time that before you can become a high-grade Taoist priest, you have to go to the upper palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace for several months of advanced training.
You will not truly become a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest until the training is over, so strictly speaking, you can only be regarded as half a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist priest now."
Qi Xuansu nodded: "After all, I am from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, so of course I have heard about it. As far as I know, each training has a fixed time, once every three months, and the enrollment time is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and April
15th, July 15th, October 15th, it’s June now, the April 15th round has ended, the July 15th round hasn’t started yet, do we have to wait for a month?
time?"
Pei Xiaolou smiled and said: "You are talking about Lao Huangli. Since last year, the Vientiane Taoist Palace has begun to trial a new training system, named the 'Young Talent Plan', which also includes candidates for sacrificial wine and preparatory sacrificial wine.
Twice a year, each time for three months. The first time is from the 15th day of the first lunar month to the 15th day of April, with a one-month break. Then the second time is from the 15th day of June to the 15th day of September. This time you
I’ve finally caught up, the time is just right.”
Qi Xuansu asked in confusion: "Why didn't anyone notify me to participate in this when I was a candidate for sacrificial wine?"
Pei Xiaolou said: "You crashed on a flying boat on the first day of the first lunar month. After you came back, you went directly to Jinling Mansion. After all the calculations, you only served as a candidate for the sacrifice for a month. How can you participate?"
Qi Xuansu thought for a while and said: "There are strict age limits for the candidates and the preparatory sacrifice wine. In this case, I have to be classmates with a group of children."
Before Pei Xiaolou could speak, Zhang Yuelu had already joked: "Half an hour ago, you were a candidate for sacrificial wine, but now you no longer take the candidate as a sacrificial wine seriously? Also, how old are you?
It’s as if you are thirty or forty years old.”
Pei Xiaolou agreed: "Zhang Gaogong is right."
Qi Xuansu coughed softly: "It is difficult to grow up before you have been born in poverty, and you are naive without having to deal with it. The maturity of people in the world is not directly related to their age, but to the number of ups and downs they have experienced. If you have a worry-free life, you will be a hundred years old.
An old man may also have a naughty mind. If everything is rough, even a young man can become sophisticated. This is why young people can always influence the situation of the world in troubled times. Troubled times are not as good as prosperous times, and it is not easy to survive. The world will
Let these young people who survive grow up quickly in a short period of time. Although it is a peaceful and prosperous age now, I have been in the world for many years, so I feel that I am this kind of young person who grows up quickly."
Zhang Yuelu rarely heard Qi Xuansu tell a joke and couldn't help laughing: "This is the arrogance of wild Taoist priests. I always feel that the Huayuan Taoist priests don't know what is true without attacking their naivety. You usually hide it very deeply, but today you still show your innocence."
The roots of the weeds are gone.”
Qi Xuansu joked: "Why, you are only allowed to look down upon us wild Taoist priests, but we are not allowed to look down on you, the wild Taoist priests?"
Zhang Yuelu said: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Today's Tiangang Hall is full of wild Taoist priests. I, the deputy hall, mainly dare to look down on the wild Taoist priests and not let others scold them to death."
Qi Xuansu said: "I can vouch for this. Not only does Deputy Hall Master Zhang not look down on wild Taoist priests, he also likes wild Taoist priests very much."
Zhang Yuelu was startled for a moment, then reacted: "Fuck you."
Pei Xiaolou coughed slightly, interrupted the two people's flirting, and said: "Let's talk about business. Tianyuan, don't take it seriously. The purpose of this three-month training is to get promoted to a senior level."
Although the last test of a Taoist priest has gradually become a formality over the years, and few people have had their future cut off here over the years, don't be afraid of anything but the worst, so don't be too happy to be sad."
Qi Xuansu stopped smiling and nodded seriously.
Zhang Yuelu also said: "Now the person in charge of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace is Master Pingzhang, who is upright and old-fashioned. If you accidentally provoke him, even Master Donghua will not be able to save you."
Qi Xuansu sighed: "Master Pingzhang."
In the Taoist sect, Pingzhang Da Zhenren's status is very special. In terms of grade, he is a first-grade innocent Taoist priest, higher than all second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests including Shenzhi Zhenren, and second only to the super-grade Da Zhenren.
The headmaster and His Majesty the Emperor are the top leaders of the Taoist sect.
However, in terms of position, Pingzhang Dazhen is lower than the deputy headmaster Dazhen, and is the third level among the nine and twelve levels, below four people and above ten thousand people.
As for how to be promoted to Pingzhang Dazen, there are three main ways.
One is from above. For example, the three deputy head masters who were deposed by the great masters of the Five Dynasties, of course, did not become ordinary Taoist priests from then on. They just lost their titles of deputy head masters and became Pingzhang Da Zhenren, which is equivalent to demotion.
There is also Mrs. Xuansheng, who once served as the Great Immortal of Taiping Dao, but she had no intention of dealing with various secular affairs. Later, she directly gave up her throne to Donghuang and was willing to be a Great Immortal of Pingzhang. However, with her status, she had no
The title of the deputy head master is no longer irrelevant. Later, the Taoist sect even had an unwritten rule. As long as the Taoist monks of the chief master are not the deputy head master, they will all enjoy the treatment of the great master Pingzhang.
There is another way to go up from below. For example, right now, Master Cihang, Master Donghua, and Master Qingwei are competing for the position of the Great Master. According to the usual practice, no matter which Master wins the position of the Great Master, for the sake of the internal affairs of the Taoist sect,
If they are united and stable, they will confer the title of Ping Zhang Da Zhen on the other two competitors, which not only appeases them, but also paves the way for them to take over the position of deputy head Da Zhen in the future.
There are also some highly respected Master Shenzhi who are unable or unintentional to compete for the positions of Deputy Headmaster and Grand Master, and are higher than ordinary Master Shenzhi, they will be promoted to Pingzhang Great Master.
The last way is to recruit people to win over. For example, Taiyin Zhenjun was once as famous as Siming Zhenjun, Ziguang Zhenjun, Wu Luo and other ancient immortals. Later, he submitted to the Taoist sect and was canonized as Pingzhang Dazhen by Xuan Sheng. This is also
Logically speaking, it is impossible for an outsider to be the chief master of a Taoist sect or the deputy master of a group, so a first-grade innocent Taoist priest second only to these four people is the most suitable choice.
No matter which method is used, it shows that the master of the Wanxiang Dao Palace is a big shot who cannot be offended.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to suppress so many proud men of heaven. You must know that Zhang Yuelu, Li Changge, Yao Pei and others will come to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace sooner or later. How can they be suppressed by a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest?
live?
Furthermore, after taking part in the palace examination, the Jinshi of the imperial court were all called disciples of the emperor, and the examiner was called their master. In the same way, so many Taoist priests of the fourth grade of Jijiu entered the Wanxiang Taoist palace for further study, which can be regarded as a master-disciple relationship.
, In the first thirty years, the father respects the son, and in the next thirty years, the son respects the father, no one knows which cloud has rain. I don’t know how many real people, I know that the real person covets this position. To say such an ugly thing will make a dog’s brains beat.
, and you must have a person of sufficient weight to be able to control other people's thoughts.
Qi Xuansu was full of emotions. In the past, when he was in the lower palace of Wanxiang Taoist Palace, looking up at the upper palace, he only felt that there were two worlds, and only the legendary proud sons of heaven were qualified to enter them. At that time, he never expected that he could be in the fourth world.
Before he was ten years old, he got involved with the Shang Palace of Wanxiang Dao Palace, but he didn't expect that he would be qualified to set foot in the Shang Palace before he was thirty years old. Things are really unpredictable.
Pei Xiaolou said: "You don't have to worry too much. The great master is still relatively easy to talk to. With your ability to act according to the wind and put on a show, there shouldn't be any big problems."
Qi Xuansu couldn't help but coughed: "What do you mean by acting according to the wind and pretending?"
Pei Xiaolou smiled: "Get ready and go directly to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. This time it can be regarded as a return home in glory."
"In addition, there are a few points you should pay attention to. Taishang Taoist ancestor said: 'I have three virtues, uphold and protect them. The first is kindness, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world.' Therefore, it is not allowed in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace.
Using weapons rashly corresponds to the word 'compassion'; there is no need to bring peace money, and there is no place to spend it, which corresponds to the word 'thrift'; and there is the need to abide by the rules, which corresponds to 'not dare to be the first for the world'."
"As for other things to note, the last time I went to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace was decades ago, and I have almost forgotten about it. However, Qingxiao just went there a few years ago, so you should let Qingxiao tell you.
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Qi Xuansu is a person who is used to being undisciplined. When he heard the word "rules", he couldn't help but feel a little headache. He asked: "I can understand the first two, why do you have to abide by the rules if you don't dare to be the first for the world?"
Zhang Yuelu explained patiently: "There is a saying in "Jie Lao": Discuss in the big court and then speak, then the people who have the authority to discuss will know it. Therefore, if you want to form a square and circle and follow its rules, then everything will be successful. And everything has its rules.
, it is also the rules of the discussion. The sage follows the rules of all things, so he said, "I dare not be the first in the world." It is also said: If you are not the first in the world, your achievements will be unparalleled. As the saying goes, you can only follow the outside of yourself and be the object.
Once it is returned, it can then be established and turned into a weapon that can benefit the world and serve as the growth of things."
Qi Xuansu was stunned for a while, trying to understand the meaning of this long string of ancient texts, and then said: "You are worthy of being an immortal, I admire you."
Zhang Yuelu then explained some other things to note, such as what is mainly studied in it, what subjects are there, the level of the instructors, their identities, and the main places to go to the palace, etc.
Qi Xuansu wrote down everything carefully.
As for luggage, Qi Xuansu had nothing to pack. This was the advantage of Xumiwu. He no longer had to pack large and small bags and carry all kinds of weapons on his body like in the past.
After explaining all the precautions, Zhang Yuelu hesitated for a moment and said: "I have nothing to do with you, so I'd better accompany you there. Just treat it as a return visit to your old place. I'll wait for you to complete all the formalities before I leave."
It’s not too late either.”
Qi Xuansu was so happy that he naturally agreed.
As for Pei Xiaolou, he stopped joining in the fun. Firstly, he didn't want to disturb the two of them's solitude. Secondly, he wanted to see Xu Xiaoying. The two of them worked together to accomplish Qi Xuansu's matter. This was also an investment.
Note, if Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu rank in the Golden Palace in the future, they will make a lot of money.