The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 100
A few months ago, Shen Youzhi sent someone to Maoshan to invite Master Lingxu to come to Chang'an to preach.

Now it's finally time for him to come.

"Since Your Majesty has a distinguished guest to see, the ministers and concubines will leave first." Empress Cui immediately got up and said when the emperor summoned the ministers.

"En." Shen Youzhi also slowly sat up from the bed.

Zichen Hall, front hall
As soon as Shen Youzhi came in after tidying up his clothes, he saw the real Lingxu who looked like a pine tree and a fairy-like bone standing quietly in the lobby.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, poor Dao Lingxu, I have met the Holy One." Seeing Shen Youzhi, Lingxu Daoist bowed his head.

"This is not a court hall, real people don't need to be formal, just sit down as you please." Shen Youzhi said, and he sat down on the brocade mat slowly.

Master Lingxu nodded slightly when he heard the words, and also sat cross-legged opposite Shen Youzhi.

After taking his seat, Shen Youzhi didn't start to exchange pleasantries immediately, but raised his hand slightly, and pushed away all the attendants in the hall first.

Soon, only Shen Youzhi and Daoist Lingxu were left sitting opposite each other in the empty lobby.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, senior brother, are you all right?" Shen Youzhi said, and poured a cup of tea for Lingxu Daoist with his own hands.

"My Majesty's condolences, and everything is well in Pindao." Daoist Lingxu replied softly.

Shen Youzhi nodded slightly, and said: "The Tianshou Festival is approaching, this time I invited my brother to Chang'an to give a lecture, one is to reminisce about the past, and the other is to have important matters."

"Please speak, Your Majesty." Master Lingxu bowed his head and listened.

"I want to hold the Ten Thousand Laws Conference during the Tianshou Festival, and invite monks from all schools to show their supernatural powers and join in the grand event.

All the time, I would like to invite my brother to be the chief. "Shen Youzhi slowly expressed his thoughts.

Daoist Lingxu is so wise, he naturally understands the meaning of the emperor's words: monks from various sects will gather at the Ten Thousand Law Conference, not only Buddhism and Taoism in China, but even foreign pagan religions will also participate.

The emperor wanted him, a monk of the Taoist sect, to be the chief, naturally he wanted to push up the status of the Taoist sect.

Since the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Buddhism flourished and Daoist sects were mostly suppressed. Now the emperor's move should be to balance the power of both sides.

"Since it is His Majesty's holy will, the poor are disrespectful." Master Lingxu accepted the burden.

Although he himself has no pursuit of fame and wealth, but as a Taoist, he will naturally not refuse this matter of making the Taoist famous.

"Okay then, I'll ask my brother to stay in the Tai Chi Palace for now, and then study the magic method with the monks all over the world after the Ninth Birthday Festival at the beginning of next month." Shen Youzhi said with a smile.

After the official business was finished, the two naturally began to chat about private matters, from the Taoist scriptures to the practice of Dharma, the two sides exchanged ideas and exchanged experiences.

"Senior brother, do you know the 'Tantric School' of Tianzhu?" Shen Youzhi asked suddenly.

Empress Cui mentioned "goodness and fearlessness" before, which made him think of the records in the history books, and even more curious about the mystery of the Tantric method.

"I've heard about it, but I don't know much about it." Master Lingxu replied truthfully: "I heard that his practice is based on the 'three channels and seven chakras' to study the mysteries of the physical body.

If you practice to great success, you can cultivate the golden body of Arhat that can't be hurt by swords, and can't be invaded by water and fire. "

"It's true." Shen Youzhi nodded slightly, and said: "Recently, a holy monk from Tianzhu came to Chang'an, named 'Shanwuwei', whose..."

Shen Youzhi told Master Lingxu what he had heard, and finally asked him his opinion on the matter.

"Those who are too rigid are easy to break, but those who are kind and soft are invincible." Lingxu Daoist commented: "The method of golden body training overdraws the potential of the physical body, and it is not a way to maintain health."

Health preservation has always been the ultimate pursuit of Taoism.

Whether it is alchemy convincing, or practicing Daoyin, the ultimate goal is to live forever.

As for the physical improvement brought about in the process of practice, it is just an additional effect brought about by health preservation.

This point is very different from the practice method of Tantric Buddhism.

In the method of Tantric Buddhism, what is cultivated is the vajra body, and what is sought is the invincibility of the physical body.

But the method of Taoism cultivates the three treasures of the human body, and seeks eternal life.

One takes physical practice as the goal, and the other as the process.

After Master Lingxu left, Shen Youzhi suddenly called for his Shadow Dragon Guard.

Shadow Dragon Guard is a new intelligence system formed by mixing and reorganizing his original intelligence system and the former Plum Blossom Internal Guard.

Compared with the plum blossom inner guards in the past, the Shadow Dragon Guard is much higher in terms of organizational scale and personnel quality.

And the person in charge of leading this organization is Zhao Xiu, whom Shen Youzhi trusts the most.

In the past, he was in charge of intelligence, but now Shen Youzhi naturally let him engage in his specialty.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Zhao Xiu, who is already a third-rank general, still often waits by Shen Youzhi's side, just like when he was in Prince An's Mansion.

"I want to leave the palace in low clothes, you can make arrangements." Shen Youzhi said slowly.

After communicating with Daoist Lingxu, he suddenly became interested in the fearless Tantric golden body.

Although Shen Youzhi has seen countless martial arts, most of them are Central Plains martial arts. Even if there are subtle differences, the basic martial arts concepts are still the same.

He was naturally curious about concepts like Tantra that were completely different from Central Plains martial arts.

"Yes." Zhao Xiu took the order to retreat.

Chang'an City, Dongshi
Chang'an City in this era is undoubtedly the center of the world.

Not only is it the largest in scale and the most magnificent building, but also the planning and layout of the urban pattern is the most standardized: wide streets, neat squares, uniform shapes, vertical and horizontal canals, green shade covering the city, and suburban ring altars.

The commercial street in Dongshi is lined with an assortment of rare treasures from all over the world, including Persian gems, Siamese spices, and Turkic furs.
Among the bustling crowd on the street, there are not only Han people from the Central Plains, but also Turks, Tubo people, and blond and blue-eyed Hu people from the Western Regions.

This place is like a miniature world, bringing together the achievements of all civilizations.

Shen Youzhi was dressed in regular clothes, casually walking on the street, occasionally looking around.

Behind him, there are three guards with knives and swords, guarding every step of the way.

These few are also acquaintances: Shining Spirit and Blood Spirit.

It's just that now, they are no longer snake spirits against the party, but Shadow Dragon Guards under Zhao Xiu's subordinates, responsible for completing special tasks for Shen Youzhi, and occasionally shouldering the responsibility of guarding.

The reason why they were willing to do this was not only the fact that they were Li Tang's old man, but also a more important point: Shen Youzhi avenged them.

Whether it is Li Wenzhong, Xiaomei, or Xiaofeng, their tragedies all stem from Xue Qinglin's frame of Huang Guogong and Li Ai.

So when they gave up resistance and surrendered to Li Tang, Shen Youzhi handed Xue Qinglin's life into their hands.

Xue Qinglin was already in collusion with Wu Sansi. After Li Tang was restored, when Wu's rebellious party was liquidated, he could not escape his certain death.

That being the case, Shen Youzhi was of course happy to be a favor and hand him over to Li Wenzhong, Xiaomei, Xiaofeng and others to handle him personally.

With this kind of favor, coupled with Li Tang's old kindness, they naturally only look forward to Shen You.

(End of this chapter)