A red sun jumped out of the sea of clouds, reflecting half of the sky. With a clear cry, nine hundred and ninety-nine white cranes circled up in groups, rising with the sun, and then lingered around Yujing. The cranes continued to scream, and there were more
A rainbow bridge spans over Yujing.
These white cranes are all exotic species carefully cultivated by the Taoist sect. Not only are they not afraid of the severe cold weather on Yuxu Peak, but they are also not afraid of the biting wind. They can fly freely on the top of Kunlun and are specially used for various festival celebrations.
The majestic Kunlun is covered with snow all year round. Only in Yujing City, it is like spring all year round, just like the residence of the Qing Emperor.
This kind of formation is not difficult in theory, any one of the three religions can do it. The key is to cover a huge Jade City, and the formation is always on, all year round, which is a real cost of peace.
.In many cases, financial resources are equated with strength, and strength is equated with status. There is no doubt that this is the Taoist sect showing its status as the co-leader of the world to the world.
Anyone who comes to Yujing for the first time will be shocked by the majesty of Baiyujing in the sky.
Today is the official start day of the Three Religions Conference to discuss Taoism and practice martial arts.
In fact, people from Confucianism and Buddhism had already arrived yesterday and stayed in Donglingfang in Shangbafang. They waited until today when Zifu opened, and then went to Yuxu Palace in Zifu.
There is only one word difference between Yuxu Peak and Yuxu Palace. Many people mistakenly think that Yuxu Palace is the core of Yujing, but it is not the case.
This is like the Fengtian Hall of the Imperial Capital, commonly known as the "Jinluan Hall". Many people think that Fengtian Hall is used for going to court. In fact, Fengtian Hall is used for various ceremonies, such as the emperor's coronation, the emperor's wedding, the canonization of the queen, New Year's Day, etc.
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The real core decision-making place is Tianqing Palace, which is the emperor's bedroom and study room. It is named after the Five Thousand Words of Taishang Taozu: "In the past, those who achieved one thing, the sky had one to be clear, the earth to have peace, and the gods to have one."
With the spirit, the grains can be filled with one, all things can be brought to life, and the princes and kings can be pure with one or two."
The emperor is called the Son of Heaven, and his position is extremely high. He is called the only one, which means the only one in the sky. When the clear air rises, it is called the sky, and when the turbid air falls, it is called the ground. Therefore, the sky must be clear, which means that the emperor is the only one in the world.
The most noble one, his residence was named Tianqing Palace.
In addition, there are Dining Palace, Shenling Palace, Guying Palace, Wansheng Palace, Tianzhen Palace and so on.
In the same way, Yuxu Palace has the same name as Yuxu Peak. It is the largest palace in Yujing, but it is also a place used for various ceremonies. In addition to the previous meetings on Taoism and martial arts held here, the Grand Master is appointed, and
The celebrations of the Yuan Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival, and Xiayuan Festival are also held here, which is basically not used in normal times.
As for the real core of Yujing, it still lies in Zixiao Palace and Jinque. If you encounter a powerful master like the fifth generation master, then Zixiao Palace is the core. If you meet a sixth generation master like this
If there is such a dark and weak Grand Master, then Jinque is the core, and in short, it has nothing to do with Yuxu Palace.
Master Cihang led a group of disciples from Tiangang Hall to Yuxu Palace, attracting many people's attention along the way.
In addition to the respected status of Cihang, there is another reason, that is, Cihang's lineage has always respected women. There are few men, and even if there are a few men, most of them are marginal figures. All people in this group are women.
Naturally, it became a beautiful scenery. Many Taoist disciples thought that if they could marry one of them, they would be lucky.
But then again, although the Cihang lineage has never prohibited women from marrying, it is not easy to marry one of its disciples, especially the outstanding disciples among them. The people they marry are not ordinary people. For example, since the resurgence of Taoism
The first generation Cihang Zhenren married Emperor Gaozu of Daxuan and became the queen of the palace. She was the biological mother of Emperor Taizong and the stepmother of Mrs. Xuansheng. The second generation Cihang Zhenren married the only one in Zhengyi
Yan Feiqing, a Celestial Master with a different surname, and a generation of Master Cihang became the wife of the master. Cihang of this generation was never married, but she herself was one of the candidates who was expected to become the master.
Ordinary Taoist disciples are naturally deterred and dare not put it into practice, lest they bring trouble to themselves.
Of course, there are also those ignorant young people, such as Qi Xuansu, who is studying in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. He doesn't know these sayings, and he really rushes into it. As for whether he returns after hitting a wall in the end, or he is lucky enough to embrace a beautiful woman.
Then only God knows.
In a sense, Cihang's threshold may not be lower than Tantai Qiong's, or even higher. It's just that Cihang will not set this threshold in the open, let alone directly intervene. She always likes
Give young people some opportunities.
I saw a group of women behind Master Cihang with their hands folded in front of them, not raising their feet and dragging their heels. Their clothes were as neat as the flow of water. They were about to move quickly but did not move their hands and feet. Their manners were dignified. Everything was consistent with the "Book of Rites"
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This means that you walk quickly and in small steps without lifting your feet obviously. The hem of your skirt moves like running water but it is not very obvious. No matter how fast you walk, your elbows do not move at all and your steps are straight.
Beauty is beautiful, but it is inevitably tiring.
However, there is a very conspicuous anomaly here, with big sleeves fluttering and arms hanging down, swinging freely as he walks, which highlights his naturalness. He walks how he usually walks and how he walks now, as if he doesn't bother to abide by these red tapes.
To use an inappropriate analogy, it is like a goshawk mixed in among a group of swans. It cannot be said that the goshawk is ugly, it is even more heroic than the swans, but it looks awkward no matter how you look at it.
When some Confucian and Buddhist people saw this scene, they couldn't help but be curious, so they asked the Taoist disciple who was responsible for guiding the way who this woman was. The Taoist disciples were not surprised and told the foreign guests that this was the youngest vice-teacher in our Taoist sect.
Lord, Zhang Yuelu, the youngest third-grade Youyi Taoist priest, is now the headmaster of Tiangang Hall.
Only then did the Confucian and Buddhist people suddenly realize that it was this person.
They have heard of his name for a long time. He has been involved in several major Taoist cases. He is obviously a man with sharp skills. People with ability are arrogant, and it is reasonable to act independently.
In fact, Zhang Yuelu did not deliberately act independently. Although she was nominally a disciple of Cihang's lineage, she had been living in Yunjin Mountain since she was a child. At that time, Cihang was still the head of Jiangnan Daofu, and she often went there for various matters.
Dazhen Mansion, by the way, taught Zhang Yuelu how to practice the "Cihang Pudu Sword Code", so Zhang Yuelu never even went to Putuo Island and Jiangnan Dao Prefecture.
When Zhang Yuelu was a little older, she went directly to Yujing. Maybe someone arranged it deliberately with ill intentions, or maybe it was a mistake, but she actually went to the Beichen Hall controlled by Taiping Dao. According to the rules of Cihang's lineage
I didn’t learn much, but I learned a lot about the Li family’s methods.
In a sense, Zhang Yuelu looks like a woman from the Li family. After all, the Li family is not all unscrupulous people, and Xuan Sheng is also from the Li family.
In fact, Cihang Zhenren initially chose to accept Zhang Yuelu as her disciple, not as a successor to the mantle, but more as an act similar to "marriage". They were both in the same camp. She accepted Zhang Yuelu's disciples as her disciples, in order to deepen the relationship between the two.
Contact between the two parties.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuelu's performance far surpassed that of others and won the favor of the Earth Master.
If in the past, the Earth Master personally promoted a young disciple from another faction, it would inevitably make people think that the Earth Master had ulterior motives, and the position of the promoted young disciple would also become suspicious.
But now it is the general trend that Zhengyiyi and Quanzhen Taoist team up, and it seems logical that the Earth Master is adding fuel to the flames. Zhang Yuelu's identity suddenly becomes special. She is no longer an ordinary child of the Zhang family, but a benchmark for cooperation between Zhengyiyi and Quanzhen Taoism.
It is a symbol. As long as the alliance between Zhengyiyi and Quanzhendao is not broken, Zhang Yuelu's special status will be unshakable.
Master Cihang liked this disciple very much, so he changed his mind and promoted him to the position of successor. This forced the Zhang family to consider whether to let a woman from a small sect take charge of the family.
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Precisely because Master Cihang did not regard Zhang Yuelu as his successor at first, Zhang Yuelu had never experienced the collective life of Cihang's lineage from beginning to end, and he did not look like a disciple of Cihang's lineage at all.
Zhang Yuelu did not have similar experiences as other senior sisters, so she was naturally incompatible with many other senior sisters. This was why when she went to visit Bai Yingqiong, the two of them were mostly polite - they were not familiar with each other.
However, Master Cihang never argued with Zhang Yuelu over such trivial matters, he just let nature take its course.
If you can become the deputy headmaster or the chief headmaster, let alone leave, just fly, that won't be a problem.
To put it bluntly but realistically, rules are only for ordinary people.
Master Cihang looked forward and said to Zhang Yuelu, who was one position behind him: "Although our Taoist sect has won most of the previous conferences of the three religions, it does not mean that the Confucian sect and the Buddhist sect are willing to be my Taoist sect's foil. They are not from the Taoist sect.
The opponent wants to beat Daomen in this kind of thing."
Master Cihang paused slightly, and then said: "Those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come. In this discussion of Taoism, you must be careful of the other two schools taking the opportunity to attack our Taoism system. After all, the position of the Grand Master has been vacant for a long time, and the three Taoism
The fight is becoming increasingly fierce. This is something that is obvious and there is no way to avoid it. If there is a difference in these joints and they catch the painful foot, some people will inevitably say that the Taoist sect will be like the Confucian sect.
The rest is like this."
Zhang Yuelu frowned and said nothing. After the Confucian sect's self-centered saint passed away, there was no longer a leader who could integrate the entire Confucian sect. The great priests and great masters went their separate ways, which gave the Taoist sect a rare opportunity to rise. Now the big master of the Taoist sect
The position of the sect has been vacant for a long time. No matter what the specific reasons are, from the appearance point of view, it is quite similar to the state of the Confucian sect being leaderless back then. If someone takes this point to make an argument, the Taoist sect can refute it, but it will not have a very good effect.
.The best rebuttal is to elect a new Grand Master as soon as possible to unite the hearts of the Taoist sect again.
As he spoke, Yuxu Palace was already in sight from a distance.
In addition to Master Cihang, Master Donghua, Master Qingwei, and Ning Lingge, who just took charge of the ancestral hall, will also attend this conference of the Three Religions. However, the three deputy masters, Master Daren, did not show up, leaving the stage to