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Chapter 518 Chapter 517. The World of Confucianism (Two Chapters in One)

Those people dressed in Confucian robes seemed to know the environment of this world of demons and were not surprised by the strong evil atmosphere of demons that overwhelmed the spiritual energy.

They all have profound skills in cultivating their qi, and even if they feel disgusted by such an environment, they remain calm.

Instead, these people were surprised to run into Tang Xiaotang right after they came out of the Abyss of Time.

Tang Xiaotang glanced over and also looked at the people who came.

There aren’t many people, about ten or so.

The leader had a thin and elegant face, looked to be about forty years old, with bright eyes.

His literary talent was so rich that, without any show of effort, he isolated himself from the evil spirits and auras around him within a limited range, as if he had created a small world of his own.

Tang Xiaotang had never met Jiang Fengge before. The only Confucian saint she had dealt with in person was Zhang Wantong, and Zheng Baiyu, who was in a special situation, could be considered half a Confucian saint.

But it did not affect her keen judgment at this moment that the middle-aged scholar in front of her was a Confucian sage.

The people who came to the Abyss of Time with this middle-aged scholar were all great scholars with profound cultivation.

Although the communication was not very convenient, when Tang Xiaotang had previously contacted Lei Jun and others, she had roughly heard them describe the other world that Zhang Wantong, Zheng Baiyu and Gao Tiansui had slipped into.

Over there, it is said that Confucianism has great fortune and dominates the world, and amazing geniuses and top masters emerge one after another.

Zhang Wantong called that place the Confucian scholars.

When Tang Xiaotang saw these unfamiliar Confucian practitioners, he guessed that their origins were probably here.

When the other great scholars on the opposite side saw Tang Xiaotang, they were surprised at first, but soon calmed down. However, many of them looked at the middle-aged scholar who was in the lead.

The middle-aged scholar looked normal, and bowed to Tang Xiaotang in front of him: "The Taoist Master is here, and Yuanzhou Huoying is honored to see you."

Seeing this, an elegant old man beside him followed closely and stepped forward to greet Tang Xiaotang: "The Taoist Master is here, and Yue Song of Liling is here to show his courtesy."

Others did the same thing.

Tang Xiaotang did not return the greeting directly, but stared at Huo Ying and the others: "Do you know me?"

Huo Ying smiled and said calmly, "It is said by the Taoist Talisman School, Master Tang, right? I have heard of your great name for a long time, and today I finally get to meet you. I am so lucky."

Being stared at by Tang Xiaotang's somewhat rude gaze, the other people all showed displeasure on their faces.

But the leaders Huo Ying and Yue Song remained calm.

Yue Song did not speak any more except introducing himself, but he sent a message to others privately:
"Don't be impatient, Mr. Huo will make the decision."

Someone responded through voice transmission: "If what Zheng Beichen said is true, this female crown is Zhang Wantong's wing, and she is the same as those common people..."

Yue Song: "The overall situation is more important. We have another important mission on this trip. If we succeed, we can directly stabilize the situation over there. Don't create any unnecessary trouble.

The environment of this evil world of demons is harsh and the situation is unclear. We are new here to explore, so the most urgent task is to find out the environmental conditions here.

It won't be too late to cut off Zhang Wantong's wings later. If we can use her to find out the situation in this world, that's fine. For now, just follow Mr. Huo's instructions and pretend to be friendly with him."

The others all agreed without showing any emotion.

"You guys, are from that Confucian world, right?" Tang Xiaotang said with a bad face: "I have never heard of your name, but... if you are from places like Yuanzhou and Liling, you are from the old school of Confucianism in the struggle between the old and new Confucianism, right?"

Direct insults may not necessarily bring down these great scholars.

But when they heard the name of the old school, the faces of those who considered themselves orthodox changed slightly, and some of them almost opened their mouths to refute it.

Only Huo Ying looked calm: "Master Tang came from another world, so he has never set foot in our world, right?"

Tang Xiaotang: "Yes, I haven't taken care of it yet."

Huo Ying: "You are welcome to visit Master Tang in the future. In this world, seeing is believing, hearing is not."

Tang Xiaotang said nothing and looked the other person up and down.

Huo Ying said: "Don't tell lies in front of a real person. I have also heard that Tang Zhenjun and Zhang Wantong are familiar with each other. Scholars like me have different ideas and cannot make plans with them.

However, Huo and his companions had no hostility towards Tang Zhenjun and other Taoist masters. Although their own world did not have the inheritance of the Taoist talisman school of Longhu Mountain Holy Land, there were other mysterious sects. Even Huo often drank tea and discussed Taoism with several Taoist priests.

At worst, in this evil world filled with evil spirits, we can join forces to defeat the demons and take care of each other. Do you agree with this, Master Tang?"

"Don't tell lies in front of real people?"

Tang Xiaotang raised her eyebrows.

The next moment, the huge Supreme Boat had arrived in front of Huo Ying, Yue Song and the others, and the shadow covered their figures and faces:
"Then tell me the truth, what evil idea do you have in mind?"

When she was chasing the Great Sun Demon Saint and approaching the Abyss of Time, she only felt a warning sign of threat but no malicious intent. She thought that Huo Ying and others came by chance, causing the Abyss of Time to fluctuate and form unexpected waves.

And now, all Tang Xiaotang could feel was the other party's malice and hostility directed towards her, which was temporarily not strong enough to restrain but extremely clear.

Huo Ying's expression finally changed.

When you meet for the first time, does the other party attack you right away?

Not only did Tang Xiaotang take action, his speed was so fast that not only Yue Song and others, but even Huo Ying felt that he couldn't react in time.

Fortunately, he was a cautious person and knew that the world of demons was not peaceful before he came here, so he took precautions and made preparations early.

Tang Xiaotang and the Tai Shang Boat were approaching, and invisible waves were rippling in the void. In addition to Huo Ying and others, another originally invisible being revealed its true form.

As the warm jade light flowed, a huge white jade chariot suddenly appeared, protecting Huo Ying and others in it, trying to avoid the impact of the Supreme Boat.

"it is good!"

As Tang Xiaotang shouted, she had already arrived beside the white jade carriage. She raised her hand and placed Zhao Yuanzhu on the carriage.

As the jade light flowed, it exploded outwards with a loud bang, as if an invisible force broke out from within the chariot, shattering this Confucian treasure.

Thousands of jade lights scattered, some broke into pieces, and some even turned directly into ashes.

What kind of destructive power is this?

Is this a talisman-sect immortal from the first level of the fairyland?
Even more ferocious than the rumors!
Huo Ying was even more frightened. He had originally intended to steer the white jade chariot to avoid the danger, but now seeing this, he did not dare to hesitate at all, and did not care about Yue Song and the others. He simply turned around and rushed back into the Abyss of Time.

This time, Tang Xiaotang did not stop and chase like the Great Sun Demon Saint did when he entered the Abyss of Time. While cleaning up Yue Song and others, she kept a close eye on Huo Ying and immediately rushed into the abyss where time and space were in chaos.

Outside the Abyss of Time, in the world of demons, gusts of evil winds continue to sweep and stir.

After the vibrations in the Abyss of Time subsided a little, the evil spirit outside the valley was still raging, stirring up a severe storm.

After an unknown amount of time, a monk in a black robe appeared and headed towards this direction.

He held a piece of broken jade in his hand.

Although his face looked calm, as if he was wearing a mask, his eyes were flashing with an extremely crazy and distorted light.

He is the descendant of the Demon Buddha lineage, Venerable Wujing.

After accidentally obtaining a piece of broken jade in the distance, Venerable Wu Jing followed the veins of the storm of evil spirits, walking and stopping, and finally found this place.

He looked around.

As a descendant of the Demon Buddha lineage, generally speaking, he rarely dabbles in techniques such as refining treasures and weapons.

But the broken jade attracted the attention of Venerable Wujing.

Looking around, he successfully found a few more scattered jade fragments.

These pieces of jade all came from the collapsed and shattered white jade chariot.

Venerable Wu Jing was not concerned with the white jade chariot itself or the Confucian cultural and philosophical ideas contained therein.

He was concerned about the important raw materials used to build this white jade chariot, and the jade itself.

This is a kind of natural treasure that has become extinct in this world of demons.

However, for their Demon Buddha lineage, it may have an immeasurable effect.

Even the Bodhisattva Mahamutprajna only obtained a little in his early years, but it had already been consumed.

And in the current situation... Venerable Wu Jing's expression remained unmoved.

But the light in his pupils flickered more and more intensely.

After being refined into a white jade chariot by Confucian monks, the material of the white jade has undergone tremendous changes and is difficult to be used by Venerable Wu Jing.

But he still searched carefully, then brought the white jade fragments back to the earth to report to the Bodhisattva Damie.

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In the universe of nine heavens and ten earths, later in the evening, Lei Jun received news from Tang Xiaotang.

He came to Wujian, stared into the abyss of time, and pondered in silence.

Wang Guiyuan stood beside him and asked, "Junior Sister Tang, have you left that world of demons?"

Lei Jun: "Yes, the Confucian Saint named Huo Ying was killed by her. In addition, the Great Sun Demon Saint who had been entangled with her before may have also rushed to that Confucian world."

Wang Guiyuan murmured to himself: "Rulin, Rulin..."

Lei Jun said, "It's just right. The door is full of people."

After Zhang Wantong initially lost contact, she managed to reconnect with Lei Jun and Zhang Hui.

Due to the barrier of the Abyss of Time, information exchange is inconvenient, but through Zhang Wantong, Lei Jun and others, we can roughly understand the basic situation over there.

It should be said that it is a bit speechless.

Lei Jun felt that if Ye Moquan, Ye Yan and others were still alive, they would surely be longing for that place.

If the Datong Five Aspects and Sixteen Kingdoms were an upgraded version of the early Tang Dynasty when the emperor and the five surnames and seven aristocrats shared the world, then the Confucian world was even more upgraded than the Datong Five Aspects and Sixteen Kingdoms.

It is quite similar to the ancient times when princes and ministers stood side by side and ruled the four directions.

But to some extent, there are shadows of the Great Ming World and the Small Ming Court of Heavenly Justice in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

In the human world beyond the Confucian world, there is no emperor to condense the energy of the earth and transform it into the dragon vein of the nation's destiny.

What is there are lines of cultural context.

It is far superior to the family culture formed by all the prominent families in the history of the world.

Over there, the earth's cultural pulse surged through the sky like a spring, spreading in all directions and across all places.

It is also divided into different families.

The so-called Confucian scholars also come from this.

It is also for this reason that Confucian practitioners occupy an absolute dominant position in that vast world.

Although there are Buddhist, Taoist, witchcraft and martial arts traditions, they can only be attached to the major families that pass down Confucian classics.

There, it is not like the Neo-Confucianism, the patriarchal system of etiquette, which has been accumulated continuously, covering the sky and penetrating into the people. But the Confucian families there have another noteworthy feature...

"A dragon can really give birth to a dragon, a phoenix can really give birth to a phoenix, and a genius can really give birth to a genius." Lei Jun looked at Shi Zhiyuan quietly: "The son of a mouse can only dig holes."

Wang Guiyuan: "According to the information sent back by His Majesty the Emperor of Tang, it is not absolute, but compared to us, the chances are much greater."

Lei Jun said softly: "Although it is not absolute, it is actually not much different."

Wang Guiyuan sighed softly.

As Lei Jun said, the key point actually lies in the last sentence: the mouse's son can only dig holes.

In the Confucian world, the combination of top geniuses makes it much more likely that their descendants will become top geniuses than in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths world, and they have the same root bone inheritance.

An excellent aptitude is limited to one family and one surname.

Genius parents may also give birth to relatively untalented children.

But the crux of the matter is...

Ordinary parents will never give birth to genius children.

In the history of that Confucian world, similar situations lasted for thousands or nearly ten thousand years.

That is why there are so many noble families and officials, and the later the newcomers, the more difficult it is to shake the situation.

"This time, Junior Sister met the elders of the Huo family in Yuanzhou and the Yue family in Liling."

Lei Junyan said: "The former is the root of the divine touch, which is full of emotion and care for the heaven and earth, while the latter is the root of the finishing touch, which is full of empathy."

Confucianism calls the best of the best talents "a brilliant pen", which is roughly equivalent to the Taoist spirit body.

Above the brilliant writing, there is the finishing touch, which is roughly equivalent to the Taoist holy body and bones.

Going further up, it is called a stroke of genius, which is roughly equivalent to the Taoist immortal body.

Feeling grateful to heaven and earth is one of the inspirations.

Over in the world of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Zhou Pu, the King of the Later Han Dynasty, had such a nature. It was only because of the environment and history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms that Zhou Pu embarked on the path of learning martial arts.

With his own efforts and good fortune, it can be said that his talent was not wasted. Now when people mention it, it has become a good story.

The problem is that Zhou Pu’s ancestors never had anyone with such a strong character.

To be precise, even the Confucian talents such as the ability to write brilliantly and add the finishing touch have never appeared.

If Zhou Pu had any descendants, it would most likely be difficult for anyone to inherit his sense of gratitude and concern for the world.

But in the Confucian world, this is not the case for the Huo family in Yuanzhou.

Although the example Zhang Wantong mentioned was not the Huo family but another family, the situations of the two are similar.

Throughout thousands and tens of thousands of years of history, their clan has produced so many brilliant talents that they cannot be counted on the fingers of two hands.

"It is closely related to the cultural heritage of his Huo family in Yuanzhou." Lei Junyan said: "It is also related to the number of people who are grateful to heaven and earth."

Many situations there are still unclear, and Lei Jun and others can only rely on guesswork for now.

But at present, it seems that the Huo family bloodline, the Huo family cultural heritage and the Huo family genealogy are all necessary conditions.

The genealogy is closely related to religious rites and sacrifices. Offering sacrifices to ancestors is not as simple as just writing their names.

The situation of the Yue family in Liling is the same. From a certain perspective, they have been steadily producing empathy at the finishing touch level.

There are more families like theirs than the Huo family in Yuanzhou, and they can be considered as the second-rate famous families in the Confucian world.

Further down the list, there are the local wealthy families who consistently produce people of outstanding talent.

However, in general, although the same physique is almost mass-produced in the same era, the total number is limited.

"It should be related to the communication between the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with the veins." Lei Jun shook his head: "If not, even if giving birth may damage the foundation of the cultivators, I am afraid there will be a birth frenzy."

Wang Guiyuan: "It seems that their cultural tradition values ​​purity over bloodline. If not, they would have swallowed up each other."

Lei Jun: "It's almost the same if we don't force the annexation. The major families in the nearby regions still have complicated relationships with each other, and there are many people with great talent who once appeared in history and then completely disappeared."

Chu Kun, who heard the news and came to Wujian, listened silently. At this time, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why did the world become like this?"

"After the ancient times, there should have been a new saint master in the Confucian world." Lei Jun thought thoughtfully.

Wang Guiyuan nodded slightly.

In Confucianism, those who open the door to immortality above the nine heavens are called saints on the spot, so they are called literary saints or Confucian saints.

Those who are above the Confucian sages are called sage teachers, and are known as such along with the Taoists' Dongzhen and Hedao.

The Confucian chanting tradition is one of the earliest traditions in the world, along with Taoist talismans, witch dances, witch incantations, martial arts body training, and martial arts combat.

The emergence of Confucian classics was not that early.

In fact, Confucian archery was not finalized until a later time, when it was integrated with and improved upon some martial arts and fighting traditions.

Before this, the Confucian chanting tradition had never produced a sage master.

The name of the Holy Teacher originally came from the first person in the history of Confucianism, who was hailed as the Great Sage Teacher.

Therefore, later generations exclusively referred to him as the Great Sage Teacher, and "Sage Teacher" became an honorific title for a realm above the three immortals of Confucian saints.

Due to historical and time reasons, before the great catastrophe in ancient times, Confucianism had only produced two saintly teachers, namely the Great Sage and the Second Great Sage, which have basically become their exclusive titles.

Unfortunately, they are no longer seen after ancient times.

In the world of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, no new Confucian saint has appeared since the great catastrophe in ancient times.

The situation in the Confucian world made Lei Jun and others wonder.

"The heavenly realm no longer exists over there. Only the human realm and the earthly realm remain. The former is the human world, and the latter is the underworld, a chaotic place full of demons. However, as a whole, it is suppressed by the Confucian scholars in the human world."

Lei Jun looked at the Abyss of Time and said, "Perhaps, the heaven over there is not completely non-existent, but has undergone other changes, or even changed its appearance."

Chu Kun: "Brother, you are guessing that the current existence of the Confucian Academy is not simply relying on the spiritual energy of the human world, but is also related to the heaven over there?"

Lei Jun: "The Zhou emperor there is similar to the Zhou emperor of the original Datong Wuwang Sixteen Kingdoms, but there are still terms such as Son of Heaven, Blue Sky, and Lord of Heaven, and they are deeply rooted in people's hearts."

In a different context, similar statements are insignificant.

But in a world like that, once a concept is deeply rooted in people's minds, it can often not be ignored.

“In a world like this, it’s much easier to create a crack from the outside in than from the inside,” Chu Kun sighed.

The Confucian stroke of genius is equivalent to the Taoist immortal body and bones.

The reason why it is called "immortal body" is that before the end of the Han Dynasty when the spiritual energy of the world declined, it often meant a chance to ascend to immortality.

With an immortal body and a clear mind, one has a hope of becoming an immortal.

Hence, it is called the Immortal Body.

However, in the world of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the spiritual energy dropped severely after the great catastrophe at the end of the Han Dynasty, which was too unfriendly to cultivators. Due to various factors, no one could ascend to heaven anymore, so similar legends gradually became less and less.

But now, as the environment has changed, the world of monasticism has once again risen and ushered in a prosperous era.

As for the Confucian world, for a first-class aristocratic family that controls a lineage of divine inspiration, it means that, under the same other conditions, they will continue to produce Confucian saints.

Compared with the great Confucian scholar who lived to be 800 years old, the Confucian sage lived a much longer life.

Therefore, unless there is a major accident, such a family has the opportunity to have more than one Confucian sage.

Even, many Confucian saints.

This is the case with the Huo family in Yuanzhou.

So when they reach this point, it is basically difficult for the people to shake them.

Their only opponents are each other.

If there were no major changes, even the second-rate and third-rate noble families would have gradually disappeared in the long river of time.

But unfortunately, a big accident happened.

In addition to the demons on earth that were suppressed by the major famous families, demons from other regions have frequently descended upon the Confucian world in the past thousand years.

There are many different opinions about its origin.

However, the demon that descended was extremely powerful, causing serious losses to the Confucian world.

The foundations of each major world and the cultural context are based on the earth's veins and are in harmony with the earth's veins, so they have the responsibility to defend the land.

Once it fails, the result may be uprooting.

Because of this, many families declined and many cultural traditions dried up.

When the cultural heritage of a place is exhausted, the talent and creativity will be scattered back to the natural world and all living things.

Finally, talented and outstanding people began to emerge among the local people.

"Genius gives birth to genius. Although the first-mover advantage may make the gap bigger and bigger, it is not enough to make people despair. Moreover, although the opportunities are much greater than ours, there are still cases where geniuses give birth to mortals in the Confucian world. Things are not absolute after all."

Lei Jun said leisurely, "The biggest problem there before was that...mortals can only give birth to mortals. There are no geniuses in cultivation among the common people. There are still a few in Buddhism, Taoism, witchcraft, and martial arts, but there are none in Confucianism. As the cultural context condenses, Confucianism becomes more and more prosperous. As a result, not only are all the best people picked out, but other sects are also finding it difficult to discover talents among the people."

The major aristocratic families also opened academies to give lectures, and even taught free courses to children from ordinary people, in order to expand the influence of Confucianism and squeeze the space for other clans.

While these students found it difficult to achieve great things in their Confucian studies, the classic feedback from their articles continued to help the major families further consolidate their cultural context.

Due to the limitations of culture, nature, and the universe, there is ultimately a limit to the number of top talents in the same era.

The major families are also constantly researching and improving, hoping to develop faster than others and reach a higher level.

It was only the external chaos that changed the environment in some parts of the Confucian world since ancient times.

Later, as time went by, more and more outstanding people began to emerge among the people.

In the early stages, it is difficult for seedlings to grow.

It is rare that such a talent emerges out of nowhere, achieving the level of enlightenment and possessing the aptitude of a person with a talent for literature, which is equivalent to the level of Taoism.

A unique view of the world.

Since then, there have been more and more Confucian academies that are not limited to gatehouses.

While jointly fighting against the extraterritorial demons, there were also a large number of Confucian practitioners in opposition within the Confucian world. The latecomers called themselves the new school and called the major families the old school.

The latter denounced it as extremely outrageous and insulting to civility.

"Perhaps, this is human nature." Lei Jun sighed: "In recent years, there have been different branches within the new Confucian school."

(End of this chapter)