Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion.

Chapter 434. Eastern Green Emperor (two chapters in one)

Through information obtained from some correspondence between the Lin clan of Jiangzhou in the Han Dynasty, Lei Jun can basically confirm that the time between the Two Jin Dynasties and the great catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty was closer than that between the Han people today and the Tang Dynasty. In other words, the history of the Two Jin Dynasties itself is shorter.

Moreover, the gap in the passage of time between the Jin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty and the present Han Dynasty is quite large, exceeding a thousand years.

After Lei Jun came to the Jin Dynasty, he further collected and understood the local customs and historical information.

After the great catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty, this world can be said to have suffered many disasters.

The Jin Dynasty that succeeded the Han Dynasty experienced ups and downs, and eventually evolved into the current situation of confrontation between the North and the South.

Although the history was not as turbulent as the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties that Lei Jun remembered before he came to this world, the overall situation has remained turbulent for many years.

The divided mountains and rivers made both the Southern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Jin Dynasty inherently deficient, and their national fortunes were weakened.

Although the emperors of the Northern and Southern Jin dynasties still respectively carried the blessings of the country and destiny, they were far behind the current Han, Tang, and Ming dynasties.

It may not even be as good as the Song Dynasty that once fought hard against the Golden Khanate.

However, the blessing of the emperor's imperial skills should never be underestimated.

The Emperor of Southern Jin and the Emperor of Northern Jin both cultivated to the ninth level of the heaven and stood at the pinnacle of the world.

…It was supposed to be like this.

But in fact, the strongest person in this world comes from Buddhism.

It’s just that the two sects have different origins and traditions of Buddhism.

Sumeru Buddha Department.

Saha Little Western Paradise.

The former was the state religion of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and its chief Vimaswama was known as the Buddha of Ten Thousand Families in the north.

The Buddha Department, also known as the Tathagata Department, has always been hailed as the leader of the five departments of the Sumeru Vajra Realm. It is full of masters and has been operating for many years in the Jin Dynasty.

Although this world has not yet had the surge of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, Mount Sumeru is full of spiritual energy.

The Sumeru Buddha sect played an extremely important role in the Northern Jin Dynasty, and its number of believers was incalculable.

This provided a large population base for Xumi.

It is rumored that large-scale pilgrimages take place at regular intervals.

Although this Vajra Temple in the human world is also located in the Western Regions, it is already one of the largest holy places in the human world.

It is called one of the holy places because there is another party opposite to it.

The largest Buddhist holy place in the Southern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Xitian.

Lei Jun had heard this name mentioned by Zhou Pu and Xu Yuanzhen before.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was also a Little Western Paradise in the world, which was the entrance to the Saha world and also the first holy place of Buddhism in the world.

As far as we know, the arrangement of Saha in this regard is different from the five parts of Sumeru Vajra Realm.

Their representatives during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty all called it Little Western Paradise, but each place had different Buddhist masters in charge.

The abbot of Xiao Xitian during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a high monk who had achieved perfection in the ninth level of Buddhist Zen and martial arts.

The abbot Baoneng, who presided over the Small Western Heaven Temple in the Southern Jin Dynasty, was a high monk who vowed to cultivate to perfection in the Nine Heavens of Buddhism.

He and Vimasha, the lord of the Sumeru Buddha sect in the north, are known as the two great saints in the world. They are also the two top masters standing at the top of the world in the Jin Dynasty.

In terms of personal influence, he is not inferior to the emperors of the Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties.

In terms of cultivation strength, the two monks are even better.

There is no Tianlong Temple or Xuantian Temple inherited from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Other Buddhist holy sites, such as Liuli Zen Temple and Putuo Temple, were derived from Xiaoxitian Temple and are known as the Bodhi Temple of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

These holy places actively participated in the world during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and were involved in the rise and fall of various countries and dynasties, while Xiao Xitian had a relatively transcendent status.

In the human world of the Two Jin Dynasties, the three lineages of Tianlong Temple, Bodhi Temple and Xuantian Temple are all there.

However, they had all moved south and settled down and started to develop again in the territory of the Southern Jin Dynasty.

At the same time, they also closely united around Xiaoxitian in Southern Jin.

Like the Xumi Buddhism in the north, Buddhism was also flourishing in the Southern Jin Dynasty.

There are a large number of believers and even monks in various places. Just in terms of numbers, the number of people in the north and the south combined is more than the total number of people in the Tang Dynasty, the present Han Dynasty, the former Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty.

There are countless monasteries, Buddhist temples, pagodas and nunneries of different styles scattered all over the place.

Carved stone Buddhas and gilded statues can be seen everywhere.

It’s just that the Northern and Southern Buddhist sects are diametrically opposed to each other and regard each other as their number one enemy.

There are actually quite a few masters of the Ninth Heaven in the world of the Two Jin Dynasties, but most of them come from Xumi and Saha.

Needless to say, the Sumeru Buddha sect is full of experts under its leader Vimalakirti.

The Saha Little Western Paradise itself is not very large and does not have many disciples, but the current abbots of the three temples in Southern Jin, namely, Bodhi, Tianlong and Xuantian, are all sent by Saha.

Because of the Saha world, these three major Buddhist holy places in the world are all ruled by Buddhist masters who are in the ninth heaven Dharmakaya realm. They are actively involved in the world, influencing the Southern Jin Dynasty and fighting against the Sumeru Buddhists in the north.

Just like the world in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Xiao Xitian in the Southern Jin Dynasty was also in a transcendent position.

Abbot Baoneng is a bona fide imperial teacher.

Compared with the Lesser Western Paradise and the Buddha from Saha and Xumi, the local forces in this human world seem quiet.

Strictly speaking, there were only four native ninth-level masters in the Jin Dynasty.

In addition to the emperors of the two dynasties, there was also a Taoist Mahayana master and a great scholar who pacified the world.

The Taoist master is Shen Xi, the current head of Shushan School in Southern Jin Dynasty.

The great scholar who pacified the world was Xiao Chan, the current head of the Xiao clan in Longwai, Northern Jin.

Of the Five Surnames and Seven Aristocrats, there were only five in the Jin Dynasty, which could be called the Four Surnames and Five Aristocrats.

Because of the various turmoil in the Great Jin Dynasty and the tug-of-war between the Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties, the Fang clan of Jingxiang and the Ye clan of Qingzhou all disappeared in the long river of history.

However, led by the remaining Youzhou Lin clan, Jinzhou Ye clan, Longwai Xiao clan, Suzhou Chu clan and Jiangzhou Lin clan, other second-rate families still formed a stable and huge network in this world and became the cornerstone of the Two Jin Dynasties. It's just that the aggressive stance of Buddhism made them feel pressured.

Whether in Southern Jin or Northern Jin, in this area, the famous families are of the same mind as the royal family.

If the complete Great Jin Dynasty still existed, the local forces in this world could unite together and perhaps stand on equal footing with the Saha World, Lesser Western Paradise, and Sumeru Buddha.

But unfortunately, the confrontation between the Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties was inherently flawed.

Even if we want to unite, bridge past rifts and differences, and determine the ownership of the world, it is definitely not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.

Saha and Xumi came, and neither of the divided Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties could fight against either of them alone.

The final result was that Buddhism flourished in this world.

Fortunately, the two major Buddhist forces are also at loggerheads with each other.

In this way, although the local forces in the world are facing a fierce dragon crossing the river, they still have room to maneuver.

Unfortunately, Longhu Mountain, the holy land of Taoist talismans, has long disappeared.

However, the Shushan Sect and Chunyang Palace still exist.

However, the Chunyang Palace is currently in the north, suppressed by the Sumeru Buddha, and its situation is quite bad.

The situation of the Shushan Sect located in Bashu is slightly better, but Buddhism under the influence of Saha is also very popular in Shu.

Although the Shushan School has Shen Xi, a great master of the Ninth Heaven, they usually keep a low profile.

Of course, Lei Jun already knew that this person was the Eastern Green Emperor of the Taoist Kingdom on earth who came to Penglai by chance.

Others may not know the inside story, but the Buddhist master in the Saha world must know it.

Through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and this Jin Dynasty, Lei Jun now knows that the person in the Saha world is called Venerable Pu Guang.

According to ancient records, the other party should be a senior master in the history of Tianlong Temple who achieved the golden body of Buddhism.

Apparently, he successfully avoided the catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty and survived to this day by relying on the Saha world.

But the other party's current situation may be quite inappropriate.

Not to mention setting foot in the earthly world, he has even been avoiding leaving the world.

Including Penglai, one of the nine heavens and ten earths, Venerable Pu Guang entered it in the form of Yan Keji, the Central Yellow Emperor.

But at that time in the Jin Dynasty, there was no rumor that Xiao Xitian had revealed the secret of Shen Xi as the Eastern Green Emperor of the Taoist Kingdom on Earth.

At this moment, Lei Jun couldn't help but guess that Shen Xi was not among them when he swept Penglai.

Afterwards, he may have noticed that something had changed in Penglai and he could no longer enter, but he might not know the details of what had happened.

However, does Shen Xi have any way to know the details of Central Yellow Emperor Yan Keji?

Lei Jun wants to go to Bashu.

But the latest news from Bashu is that Shen Xi is no longer at the gate of Shushan Sect in Southern Jin, but has traveled far away from the mountain.

However, during the Jin Dynasty, Lei Jun did confirm a piece of news.

Taiyi Huashang, one of the six founding treasures of the Shushan Sect, is also one of the magical treasures of the Shushan Sect in the Southern Jin Dynasty.

Lei Jun was not interested in the magic weapons of Shushan. He only cared about Shen Xi. Unfortunately, even the disciples of the Shushan sect in Southern Jin did not know where the leader was traveling.

There are many rumors heard during the Jin Dynasty, and the leader of the Shushan School in the Southern Jin Dynasty can be considered a legendary figure.

Shen Xi is actually very young, and he has just turned 100 years old.

Referring to the current spiritual environment in the world of the Two Jin Dynasties and the external pressure brought by the two major Buddhist sects, he reached the ninth heaven realm at a young age, which caused quite a stir at the time.

When he took over the Shushan Sect in Southern Jin, Shushan was experiencing a great disaster, with heavy casualties and the sect was in decline.

Until now, the Shushan Sect of the Southern Jin Dynasty has not been prosperous, and there are even harsh rumors that it is called a one-man holy land.

In recent years, there have been rumors that Master Shen has visited the Southern Jin capital Jianye more and more often and has been appreciated by the Southern Jin emperor.

But along with it, there were rumors that Shen Xi was the best master in the world, second only to the two great monks of the north and south, and even above the emperors of the two dynasties.

Even though his cultivation level has not reached the level of a small free and easy immortal who has achieved perfection in the Five Qis, it is not far away.

Lei Jun guessed that the news was more likely to come from the Saha Little Western Paradise.

The relationship between Shen Xi and Penglai was not revealed, but his true strength was made clear, so that he could no longer hide it.

I think it is because Shen Xi has had more and more contacts with the Emperor of Southern Jin in recent years.

Perhaps there are other considerations?

Are you worried that the Northern Dynasty and the Sumeru Buddhist tribe will take advantage of you?

Seeing this, Lei Jun also did not make a big fuss about it.

Since he couldn't find Shen Xi's trace for a while, he didn't worry about it too much.

This time, the first destination of the trip to the world of the Two Jin Dynasties was the Yuqing Miluo Cave Heaven.

This cave is no longer at the original site of the mountain gate.

Lei Jun concealed his whereabouts and searched secretly.

Across the Poyang Lake from Xinzhou, the Lin clan of Jiangzhou in Southern Jin is currently experiencing considerable turmoil.

Being in the same world and at this distance, the internal correspondence of the Jiangzhou Lin clan was almost no secret to Lei Jun.

Although there is verbal communication between the visitor and the owner of this place, the visitor is only a representative.

The exchanges of opinions between the Jiangzhou Lin Clan of the Southern Jin Dynasty and the real leaders of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan of the Han Dynasty still relied on written communication.

The news of the other fellow visitors from the human world was limited to a very small area, but it still caused a storm in this small area. For Lin Xiaoyi and others from the Jiangzhou Lin Clan of the Han Dynasty, the news of the newly discovered Jiangzhou Lin Clan of the Southern Jin Dynasty was both good and bad.

The bad news is that the power of the famous families here is not strong, and compared with the Han world today where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is surging, they lack top masters.

The good news is that, precisely because of this, the Lin clan of Jiangzhou in Southern Jin and even other prominent families also crave for support, and the two sides will cooperate with fewer concerns and selfishness.

It is a pity that although there is no Saha Buddhist power among the Han people today, the Xumi Buddha Department and the Treasure Department, although there is little cooperation, may be able to communicate with each other.

The Jiangzhou Lin clan of the Han Dynasty and the Jiangzhou Lin clan of the Southern Jin Dynasty faced the same behemoth together.

Even if we do not take into account the courts of the Han Dynasty and the courts of Southern Jin and Northern Jin, the communication between the several famous families still needs to be kept low-key and secret, and proceed step by step.

Lei Jun did not interfere with the actions of several major families to band together for support. He just calmly collected information and watched from the sidelines.

Speaking of which, it was here in the Lin clan of Jiangzhou, Southern Jin, that Lei Jun heard some slightly unexpected news.

They had previously confirmed that there existed other human worlds besides the human world of the Two Jin Dynasties.

The reason is that they had come into contact with fellow human beings who had accidentally come here from other parts of the world in their early years.

His name is Lin Zhan.

The name seemed a little unfamiliar, but when Lei Jun recalled it, he realized that it was clearly someone from the same human world as him.

He was an elder of the Lin clan in Jiangzhou of the Tang Dynasty. In terms of seniority, he was the uncle of Lin Che, Lin Yuwei and others.

When Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang conquered the ancestral land of the Lin clan in Jiangzhou of the Tang Dynasty, they were curious about the absence of the two elders Lin Jian and Lin Zhan.

Later I learned that both of them were elderly and were out looking for opportunities to fight aging and maintain their health.

The former was lost in a foreign void related to the ancient Song Dynasty, and later implicated Lin Jinsong, another elder of the Jiangzhou Lin clan who was looking for him.

There has been no news about Lin Zhan.

Unexpectedly, I accidentally entered the Jin Dynasty.

However, according to the Lin clan of Jiangzhou in Southern Jin, Lin Zhan had died accidentally in a previous war between the North and the South.

Lei Jun didn't care about the life or death of the Lin clan elder.

What interested him was that Lin Zhan seemed to have come directly from the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty.

Although it was a coincidence, it meant that it was possible for the two parties to directly establish a void portal.

In that case, it would be much more convenient for us to interact with each other.

Lei Jun was thoughtful.

No matter which side of the Jiangzhou Lin clan, they will regard the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain of the Tang Dynasty, which has broken through the famous Tang Dynasty families and the five famous families of Datong, as a formidable enemy.

During the exchange of views between the two sides, the Longhu Mountain lineage was inevitably mentioned.

The existence of Yuqing Miro Cave Heaven was mentioned in the correspondence of the Lin Clan of Jiangzhou in Southern Jin Dynasty. It was said that this cave heaven was briefly controlled by the royal family of Dajin after the inheritance of Longhu Mountain in Dajin was extinguished.

However, with the successive upheavals of the Jin Dynasty itself, the royal family eventually lost the Yuqing Miro Cave Heaven, and there has been no further news for many years.

Lei Jun frowned slightly after hearing the news.

Because according to his search methods over the past few days, he still hasn't found any further clues about the Yuqing Miluo Cave Heaven.

Considering his current level of cultivation, this is quite unusual.

If the Yuqing Miro Cave Heaven had not already left this human world, then it was that the cave heaven had fallen into the hands of someone else, and the other party's cultivation strength was not low.

"There are still too few clues." Lei Jun shook his head slightly.

He considered going to Jianye, the capital of the Southern Jin Dynasty.

When the Jin Dynasty royal family controlled the Yuqing Miro Cave Heaven, some clues might have been preserved there, but the Jin Dynasty had long since split up. Lei Jun now has no choice but to try his luck and go to the Southern Jin capital first, and then consider the Northern Jin capital.

Lei Jun's figure was as fast as the wind. In a blink of an eye, he crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and headed for Jianye.

Although the Southern Jin Dynasty was in decline, after all, it had an emperor of the Ninth Heaven Realm sitting in the capital, and was extraordinary in all aspects.

Therefore, Lei Jun further restrained his body shape.

After sealing the Amitabha Peacock Throne in the Wanfa Sect Altar at the gate of his own mountain by other means, Lei Jun can use his Taiqing Eight Scenery Treasure Raincoat again.

Covered by the rain and fog, Lei Jun seemed to have disappeared even to the vast majority of Ninth Heaven cultivators.

He calmly walked into Jianye, the capital of Southern Jin.

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The current leader of the Shushan School of the Southern Jin Dynasty, Shen Xi, the Eastern Green Emperor of Penglai, is currently in an extremely desolate place.

He was now on the snowy plateau.

The vast sky and earth are empty and boundless.

Shen Xi came to a barren mountain and went deep into it.

There seemed to be another world inside the mountain, hiding a small blessed land.

The spiritual energy here is ordinary, and it has reached its current size because of Shen Xi's diligent management over many years.

In the blessed land, several Shushan sect monks who were supposed to have died in the North-South War all showed joy when they saw Shen Xi coming, "Master Brother!"

Shen Xi nodded slightly, put down some of his belongings, and handed them to the fellow disciples who were gathered around him: "Where is my master?"

Someone quickly answered, "Master is at the Cold and Hot Fire Spring."

Shen Xi stopped and asked: "Is it earlier than before?"

The other party looked a little serious and said softly: "Yes, I stay longer every day."

Shen Xi nodded without saying anything and walked forward again, while the others stopped.

He went down all the way to the deepest part of the blessed land.

Here, eternal ice and surging earth fire are intertwined, forming a strange phenomenon where yin and yang are in harmony, and cold and heat coexist.

A slightly hunched figure was floating in it. It was not a real human body of flesh and blood, but a human form manifested by the condensation of soul.

A Taoist priest who was dressed in cloth and hemp shoes like Shen Xi, and looked to be about sixty years old.

Shen Xi came up to him and bowed respectfully: "Master."

The old Taoist priest turned out to be Gongsun Daoqi, the previous leader of the Shushan sect of the Southern Jin Dynasty who was rumored to have passed away many years ago.

He smiled at Shen Xi and said, "It wasn't long since you came here last time. Why are you here again so soon today? Is there something urgent?"

Shen Xi shook his head: "Nothing special, I'm just concerned about your condition, Master."

The old Taoist priest said calmly: "Don't worry about it. Although there are some ups and downs now, the fact that I am still alive today has already helped me to steal the secrets of heaven."

Shen Xi remained silent after hearing this.

Gongsun Daoqi said, "If I hadn't received your talisman, I would have died fifty or sixty years ago. We can still talk here now, thanks to the Taoist friends of the Talisman Sect."

Shen Xi shook his head: "As of this year, your life span is less than 500 years. You should have more than 300 years to live."

Gongsun Daoqi himself was quite open-minded and said with a smile: "It is natural that my teacher has suffered such an injury and has shortened his lifespan and aged prematurely. This is his fate and we should not dwell on it.

However, you discovered Penglai by accident, and used the magic of the Heavenly Palace and talismans to help your master save his life and prolong his life. It can be said that there is always a way out.

Now that changes have occurred, we should just let them take their course.”

Shen Xi closed his eyes gently.

Penglai, he can't enter now.

But according to common sense, as long as he, the Eastern Green Emperor, is still alive, Gongsun Daoji, who received his edict, should be able to maintain his former peak state of cultivation. Only when the full 800-year lifespan of an eighth-level cultivator is about to end, will he rapidly decline.

But Gongsun Daoqi's condition has been somewhat unstable in the past two years.

Fortunately, the environment of this blessed land can provide help from the outside.

So Shen Xi quickly asked his master Gongsun Daoqi to move here.

There must be an unexpected change in Penglai.

Shen Xi has already heard a little bit about it.

Will the Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu in the Tang Dynasty become the new master of Penglai?

I think it was because he cleaned up the ruins of the Heavenly Palace in Penglai, which caused this change.

At this moment, Shen Xi has already planned to return to Penglai, or go to the human world of the Tang Dynasty, but he does not plan to speak directly to his mentor for the time being.

The outcome of this trip is unpredictable.

At the same time, during the Jin Dynasty, the Shushan Sect was sandwiched between the northern and southern Buddhist sects, and he needed to be careful at all times.

Be it the master and his disciple, or the Shushan Sect of the Southern Jin Dynasty, it has not been easy for them to hold on until today.

Once upon a time, Penglai was an opportunity.

Now, every next step must be taken more cautiously.

"The reason why I am still alive today is that I intend to continue to contribute as much as possible to the expansion and continuation of our sect's lineage."

Gongsun Daoqi's immortal soul flew out of the ice and fire and came to his disciple: "If the heaven takes back this opportunity, it is also a calamity that is destined to happen. But you..."

Shen Xi looked up.

Gongsun Daoqi: "Not only were you born with the immortal body of Cosmic Light, but your comprehension and talent are also extraordinary. In every aspect, you are superior to me. Over the years, you have been in charge of our sect and have devoted all your energy. Now it seems that you are doing very well, far better than me. Therefore, no matter what time it is, you should take care of yourself first."

The old Taoist smiled and said, "Although it is a holy place for one person, as long as you are here, our sect will not fall into the abyss again."

Shen Xi: "Disciple will remember Master's teachings."

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Lei Jun came out of Jianye, the capital of Southern Jin, feeling regretful that he did not find any clues about the Yuqing Miluo Cave Heaven here.

On the contrary, Saha Buddhism is indeed very powerful here, and has been further developed, even showing a trend of overwhelm Confucianism to become the most prominent school of thought.

The landmark event was that the prince who practiced Buddhism with his hair uncut was made the crown prince by the Emperor of Southern Jin, who practiced the art of being an emperor and shared the destiny of the country with him.

Because of the imperfections in the mountains and rivers, the imperial skills of the emperors of the north and south seemed lackluster, and for the princes of the north and south, it could be said that it was better than nothing.

However, the impact of this incident was still significant, causing an uproar within the Southern Jin Dynasty and has been the core event of the Southern Jin Dynasty in recent years.

This has no precedent in history.

In the previous dynasties, the emperors or crown princes who practiced the art of being an emperor had never been Confucian or martial.

This is the first time that a Buddhist monk has mastered the art of ruling an emperor.

...Well, over there in the Han world, there is a Han emperor who practices the Wumen Taoism.

Lei Jun shook his head slightly, focused on his own affairs, and prepared to try his luck in the capital of Northern Jin.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave Jianye, a ball of light suddenly flashed in his mind, and then words appeared:

【Bodhi trees in the north and south, a rainbow flying thousands of miles away. 】

Then three signs appeared:

[A good fortune. Tomorrow at 3:30 pm, go to the northern foot of Yunzhou Mountain, a thousand miles south of Jianye, the capital of Southern Jin. There is a chance to get a third-grade opportunity. There is no risk at the moment, but there may be hidden troubles. If you handle it properly, there will be no worries. Good luck. ]

[Win the lottery. Arrive at Bodhi Temple, 400 miles west of Jianye, the capital of Southern Jin, before 3:00 pm tomorrow. Have a chance to get a fifth-grade chance. There will be some ups and downs. There may be hidden dangers. Be cautious. Peaceful.]

[I won the lottery, but I didn’t go to Bodhi Temple or Yunzhou Mountain. I didn’t gain anything extra, but I also didn’t lose anything. It’s a tie.]

(End of this chapter)