Nightfall Chapter 41: Nanhai priest

The sound of sacrificial offerings from the Xiling Temple stopped. The sacrificial offerings of these strange people continued. Looking at the hats worn by these people and the faint fishy smell on their bodies, the dean of Tianyu Academy finally guessed this. What is the origin of the person, his face suddenly became paler, without any hesitation, the corners of his lips ooze blood, and he sternly shouted: "The fate of words! Break!"

This is the first sentence of the first paragraph in the Xiling Church's Coming into the World. It incorporates his knowledge of life and decades of chanting and reading the classics, which is naturally extraordinary.

The sound of chanting in front of the altar finally stopped completely, but the dean felt a little heart palpitating. The chanting of these people did not stop abruptly after their own drinking, but like a fisherman's song. Like, a long, silky, sacred sound, curled up to the end.

"Six hundred years." The dean of Tianyu Academy looked at the dozen or so people in front of the altar and said with a pale face: "Six hundred years have passed, why are you coming back?"

Standing in front of those people is an old man with a dark face and deep wrinkles, like leather that has been pressed for a long time by a heavy object, with a short and sparse beard, and his eyes are quiet, looking like He is an old farmer who has read the joys and sorrows of the world. Because of the faint smell of the sea, he is more like an old fisherman.

The old man said: "We are a genus of Taoism, why can't we go back to Xiling Temple?"

The dean of Tianyu Academy was silent for a moment and asked: "Consult the Daohao."

"Zhao Nanhai, from the South China Sea." The old man looked at him and said: "Taoshan held the Guangming Festival. It should be the priest of the Temple of Guangming. When will it be the turn of the people of the Temple of Heaven? My Nanhai line belongs to the family of Guangming and authentic , Now that the God of Light is hanging, I have to come back to preside over this matter."

Today’s guests attending the Light Festival, or the strong in the world of practice, or the nobles in the world, have more or less understanding of the hidden history of Taoism. At this time, many people have already guessed When it came to the origins of the people, I was shocked to think, is it really the descendant of the great priest of the South China Sea?

Xiling Shrine is the center of Taoist rule over the world. Headed by the head teacher, there are three gods: light, heavenly oracle, and ruling. Responsible for all affairs, the great priest is responsible for perceiving the Haotian decree, and training priests, ruling that the great priest is responsible for maintaining the order of the door, executing the punishment of the canon, and punishing apostates and demon cultivators, all have great authority . Only the great priest Guangming has no specific affairs, but it is the most transcendent existence.

The great priests of Guangming are regarded as the mortals closest to Haotian, faintly ranked first among the three gods, and even have the prestige of no less than the head teacher. There is even a saying that Dazhiyuan was more than three thousand years ago. Years ago, the Xiling Temple did not have a head teacher at all, and the head teacher appeared because of the internal attempts to suppress the Guangming family.

Since the millennium, the three most remarkable people in the Xiling Temple are all from the Guangming Temple. The first is the Guangming Great Priest who took the Tianshu Ming scroll to the wasteland to preach, but eventually founded the Mingzong. The nearest one was Wei Guangming, who had been imprisoned in Youge for more than ten years and died with Yan Se.

The remaining one is the owner of the Temple of Light 600 years ago. The great priest of Guangming, who studied the teachings of Xiling since his childhood, was highly respected. He had to go to Zhishou to observe and read the three books of the heavens. The Taoist thought that this person would become the next master of Zhishou, but who would have thought that this person Occasionally, after reading the notes of the Buddha, I have some insights and began to try to criticize and revise the Xiling teachings that have been circulating for countless years.

This is a voluminous project, and it makes Daomen feel uneasy. The teachings are given by the believers, how can they be revised at will? At that time, the ruling, the two gods and masters of the oracle opposed his approach, thinking that he had gone astray, and eventually the academic differences gradually turned into a power struggle.

The realm of the great luminous priest is unpredictable. Regardless of the realm of monasticism or argumentation, one enemy and three won't let the wind fall, and an extremely fierce struggle has also occurred within the temple.

Wei Guangming fled the Youge, and Taoshan suffered numerous deaths and injuries. Before that, the civil turmoil caused by the revision of the scriptures 600 years ago was the most tragic history in the history of Xiling Temple.

The chaos in the temple was so terrifying that it affected the Dao Sect’s control over the world. The hidden Zhi Shou Guan had to make a move. However, even the Master and the hidden elders could not tell who was against whom. Wrong, at this moment, they have to make the most correct judgment.

The Dao Sect did not allow the great priest of Guangming to revise the Xiling canon, and invited him and more than a dozen red-clothed priests who were loyal to him out of Taoshan, but recognized his orthodox status.

The great priest of Guangming left Taoshan and went to the South China Sea to preach, and made a great vow. Unless Haotian drops a miracle or admits his mistake, he will never step on land for the rest of his life!

After that, there was occasional news from the South China Sea that someone floated in the sea on a boat, going back and forth between the islands, preaching to the undeveloped wild men. News continued to spread back to the land, and the preacher was honoured as the great priest of the South China Sea after years of exhaustion and hardship. It was not until decades later that news of his death came.

Xiling Temple has always known that the Nanhai Great Priest is the Guangming Great Priest who left Taoshan. After hearing the news of his death, he was also a little sad, and he left an official memorial tablet in the temple.

This is the origin of the Nanhai Great Priest.

After the death of the Nanhai great priest, it was rare to hear the news of someone preaching in the sea. Later, no news was even sent back to the land. Xiling Temple thought that the priests who followed him had long since dispersed or disappeared. , Now that more than 600 years have passed, I think that the South China Sea Guangming line has long been broken.

Who would have thought that the great priest of the South China Sea had a descendant, and returned to Taoshan!

The expressions of the people around the altar were extremely shocked, especially the priests and deacons in the temple who knew about this past. The expressions on their faces were extremely complicated. After six hundred years, these people actually returned!

Not everyone does not know that the line of the great priest in the South China Sea has not been broken. For example, Ye Hongyu knows very well that Chen Pipi’s mother is the direct descendant of that great priest, and the head teacher also knows this matter. .

The veil of the god's upper mantle flicked slightly, and the tall figure of the master teacher in the ten thousand zhang ray was slightly forward. He did not speak, nor did he go to see the South China Sea guests returning from afar, but quietly looked at Chen Pipi.

Chen Pipi’s body is half of the blood of the South China Sea, so what are these South China Sea people appearing in Taoshan today? Do they want to save him?

The dean of Tianyuyuan wiped off the blood stains on the corners of his lips, looked at the old Nanhai named Zhao Nanhai, and said in a deep voice: "Although you are a genus of Taoism, don't forget the oath that the Nanhai priest made when he left Taoshan. ."

Zhao Nanhai expressionlessly said: "I am from the South China Sea, and I have never expected that you corrupt people living on Taoshan would be willing to admit their mistakes, but since you dare to hold a light festival, it naturally means that Haotian has already cast a miracle. Returning from the South China Sea, where did you violate your oath?"

The dean of Tianyu Academy does not know how to answer.

The ode to the festival was suspended. I haven’t finished reading the Fengtian chapter of the Xiling Church. The light that fell on the white stone altar gradually faded. Chen Pipi felt the pressure gradually released, and the snow-capped sea of ​​air and internal organs that were about to dissolve in the body were restored to stability. , Realized that he was pulled back from the edge of death.

He looked at the people from the South China Sea in front of the altar and found that he was not familiar with it. He was very young when he left Nanhai, and he had no impression of those things and those people back then.

But he knows that these people are his mother’s relatives. In other words, these people are his relatives. Logically speaking, the people from Nanhai saved his life and are his relatives. He should Be more excited, or at least show some gratitude.

Chen Pipi didn’t, he just watched these people from the South China Sea quietly, because even if he didn’t remember anything, he still remembered these people who preached in the difficult sea. He didn’t care about anything but preaching, treated himself and treated himself. Others are as indifferent as sea water.

He has forgotten what his mother said before his death, but now he wants to come, if the Nanhai line didn't want to return to Momoyama, how could he give his mother to his father?

Chen Pipi knew very well that the Nanhai great priest's return to Taoshan was definitely not to save herself. Even for this reason, it was only incidentally. This matter must have something to do with his father.

The great priest of the South China Sea, returning to Taoshan, seems to be able to regain control of the Daomen for Zhishouguan. However, my father should be very clear that she is in the Temple of Light at this time.

She is the only one in the world. Anyone who dares to challenge the temple of Xiling can only die, not to mention these descendants of the South China Sea, even if the great priest of Guangming was resurrected six hundred years ago.

What does father want to do?

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There is a bamboo couch beside the small lake where you know how to watch.

The Guanzhu lying on the bamboo couch, not knowing what he was holding in his hand, quietly looked at the direction of Taoshan outside the wall. The middle-aged Taoist makes tea by the couch, and Long Qing reads the heavenly book in the thatched cottage on the other side of the lake.

The middle-aged Taoist divided the tea and gently put it beside the couch.

The master slowly took the tea cup with his newborn fingers, and took a sip.

The middle-aged Taoist looked at the direction of Momoyama and said after a long silence: "It's a pity."

Guardian knows that what the younger brother said, unfortunately, has two meanings.

On the day that the Master climbed to the sky on the banks of Surabaya, he fell from the sky and stepped on the Qingshan Ant Cave at the back of the temple. All the masters of the Taoist hidden world died. From that moment on, the center of the Taoist door has shifted from Zhishouguan When I arrived at the Temple of Xiling, because power was never related to faith, it was only related to power.

At that time, he was still there, and the Taoist school was still headed by Zhishouguan, but now he has been abandoned. Although the middle-aged Taoist has a good realm, he is not enough to deter the Taoist, so Zhishouguan is abandoned.

What the middle-aged Taoist said is a pity. The first meaning is that it is a pity that the true power of knowing and observing is crushed by the master's foot. The second meaning is that it is a pity that those Nanhai priests in Taoshan at this time.

Because she is in the world, she is now on top of Peach Mountain.

"I don't think it is a pity."

The watcher threw the object in his hand onto the ground next to the couch, making a few crisp noises, which should be some kind of hard object. Then he looked at the ground and said: "She can't win, at least today."

The middle-aged Taoist looked over and saw two pieces of old cow bones falling on the ground one by one.

This is the calculation.

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