Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion.

Chapter 525. Master Lei’s disciples are full of talented people (two chapters in one)

Among the many spiritual practice traditions, Confucianism and Buddhism are relatively special. The former emphasizes accumulation of knowledge over time, while the latter emphasizes sudden enlightenment. Therefore, there are more people who achieve success late in life than in other traditions.

But overall, those are still very rare exceptions.

Xiao Chunhui's current age is still a long way from 200.

If he can make a breakthrough in the future, he can naturally make up for the time he lost before.

If not, many things will inevitably be questioned.

With his talent and ability, he is still on track to become a great scholar in the world.

But if you want to reach the immortal realm like the Confucian saints, you must seize the moment.

And his trip to the Confucian world would probably take some more time and years. If nothing could be accomplished, and if it was delayed any further, time would gradually become a little tight.

Zhuo Baojie was talking to his master Lei Jun via telepathy. Seeing Xiao Chunhui's calm appearance, he guessed that the other party knew everything.

But Xiao Chunhui still left calmly and peacefully at this moment, which made Zhuo Baojie admire him in his heart.

Lei Jun had communicated with Xiao Chunhui several times and had a rough idea of ​​what the other party was thinking. He was looking forward to Xiao Chunhui's trip to the Confucian world.

The other person is relatively introverted in his dealings with others, but he has a tendency to be a perfectionist when it comes to his practice as a monk or his studies as a scholar.

As Lei Jun knew, the other party had made some gains in the Ming Dynasty before.

But Xiao Chunhui himself feels that he can still strive for perfection.

"When Master Guangdeng came to visit us earlier, he mentioned some things about the Bodhi Temple to me, such as Abbot Yuan and Master Guangshu. They were all very concerned about the world of demons across the Abyss of Time that was closely related to Buddhism." Xiao Chunhui said as he walked.

After the merger with the human world, not only the Taoist holy places, but also the Buddhist holy places faced the issue of the merger of sects.

The Bodhi Temple, or the Buddhist Zen and martial arts tradition, was basically ignored during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the Jin Dynasty.

They all have close ties with the lineage of the original Saha World and Little Western Heaven.

For example, the abbot Yuanfeng of Bodhi Temple in Southern Jin Dynasty was a disciple of Xiao Xitian himself.

After the change of ownership of Xumi and Saha, Buddhist disciples in both worlds suffered a great disaster.

Whether in the Later Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period or in the Northern and Southern Jin Dynasty during the Two Jin Dynasties, before the confluence of Buddhism in the human world, Buddhist disciples had already become insignificant.

The same was true in the Song Dynasty because of the previous Golden Khanate.

Therefore, the Bodhi Temple is currently dominated by the confluence of the three traditions of the Tang Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty is the most embarrassing.

They have Abbot Guangshu, the greatest monk of Zen and martial arts in the world who has achieved the perfect Dharmakaya of the Nine Heavens Buddhism.

But before this, because of the White Lotus Sect, Abbot Guangshu and other people in the Daming Bodhi Temple were close to the Daming Dynasty.

However, after Lei Jun defeated the Ming capital and interrupted Emperor Han Zhining's path to becoming a Confucian sage, the Ming dynasty gradually lost its luck, and the Ming Bodhi Temple remained silent.

They are still hostile to the White Lotus Sect.

But he adopted a tacit attitude towards the strength of Longhu Mountain and Taoism.

After the human world and the Bodhi Temple merged, Abbot Guangshu, as the only master of the Ninth Heaven Dharma Body, took the initiative to give up his position.

Therefore, the current abbot of the Bodhi Temple after the merger was succeeded by Abbot Ruyuan, who was previously from the Tang Dynasty.

Master Guangshu has been quite low-key in recent years.

As for the ancient Ming Neo-Confucianism, the Bodhi Temple also assisted the Taoist sect and the major dynasties in cleaning it up.

Among them were many eminent monks from the original lineage of Daming Bodhi Temple, such as Master Guangdeng and Master Guangxian, who participated in the battle.

Although Master Guangshu did not take action personally, it was not because he was unwilling to change his mind. Rather, as the current top master of the Bodhi Temple, he still focused more on the White Lotus Sect and was on guard.

On this point, the public attitudes of Tianlong Temple and Xuantian Temple are similar.

Tenryuji is a little more ambiguous.

This lineage currently does not have a high monk with the ninth level of cultivation to preside over it, and ultimately Master Miaoxin from the Tianlong Temple of the Tang Dynasty will take on the position of abbot.

After the death of Wang Guiyuan's predecessor, the White Lotus Saint Master Jingjiu, the relationship between Tianlong Temple and Master Faqing gradually thawed, and the visits have increased in recent years.

Every year, younger disciples from the Tianlong Temple would go to Wujian to pay homage to Faqing, who was already a great Buddhist master.

Although Wang Guiyuan still had private dealings with Monk Huiyin of the White Lotus Sect, he returned to dust yesterday and would no longer care about matters related to the White Lotus Sect.

Abbot Miaoxin of Tianlong Temple, Elder Miaokong and others also tacitly agreed not to mention it anymore.

However, when the matter fell into the eyes of other people, and among the descendants of Bodhi Temple and Tianlong Temple, there was still some discussion among them in private.

But on a large scale, starting with the Tianlong Temple, Buddhism in this world had a golden-bodied master sitting in charge, which made Buddhism gradually show signs of revival.

As for Xuantian Temple, it is the only Buddhist holy place that has not been taken over by the Tang Dynasty.

Abbot Xinguan, the head of Xuantian Temple of the Han Dynasty, is the only high monk of the Ninth Heaven who upholds the precepts in Xuantian Temple. He became the current abbot of Xuantian Temple after the merger with humans.

Abbot Kongru, a descendant of the Xuantian Temple of the Tang Dynasty, became the elder of the temple and practiced meditation.

The Xuantian Temple lineage is a quiet and self-contained people who pay little attention to the outside world.

Their changes and arrangements were not unexpected by the outside world and had little impact on the outside world.

Neither Abbot Xinguan nor Master Kongru cared much about it.

There are a few special cases, and they are also paying more or less attention to the White Lotus Sect.

Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan have a personal relationship with Monk Huiyin. Under the influence of Monk Huiyin, Monk Jianhai, Monk Tianshu and other monks who were originally from the Daming faction are no longer as high-profile as before.

"Master Guangdeng and his men must also be concerned about whether the White Lotus Sect has more connections with the demon world in the south."

When Xiao Chunhui talked about this with Lei Jun, he didn't need to hide anything and said frankly: "It's just that no matter whether it's the Bodhi Temple or the Tianlong Temple, it seems that they are embarrassed to directly investigate this matter, so they are asking around."

Lei Jun said calmly: "Yes, it's not just you, Mr. Xiao, they also inquired through other channels.

There is no need to make the Buddhist monks keep guessing. There are many people in the White Lotus Sect who want to explore the world of demons, but the situation there is complicated and it is not suitable to go there at the moment."

Xiao Chunhui: "Master Lei is right."

In that vast world, Buddhism once enjoyed great power.

Although it has suffered a lot of damage today, there are still many related ruins, which naturally attracted the attention of major Buddhist holy sites including the White Lotus Sect.

But the current situation there is really not suitable for a large group of people to go there.

A large number of demons, led by the Hundred-Eyed Demon Tree, are all transformed from Buddhist disciples who have fallen into evil.

There were twists and turns in the process, and Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan were both alert and vigilant.

"Mr. Xiao Da, Mr. Xiao Er, General Xiao."

When they arrived at Wujian, Wang Guiyuan, who was wearing the deep red Taoist robe of an elder who had been ordained at Longhu Mountain, greeted Xiao Chunhui, Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang calmly with Taoist etiquette.

Xiao Chunhui and the others also returned the greeting: "Elder Wang, how are you? Thank you for your help."

Wang Guiyuan: "I don't deserve it. It's all thanks to the headmaster and Senior Sister Xu. I'm just here to make up the scene."

Lei Jun nodded to Xiao Chunhui and the other two, then came to the edge of the Abyss of Time.

The Abyss of Time is currently in turmoil, and time and space in the valley are chaotic.

Lei Jun's action at this moment did not cause the turmoil in the Abyss of Time to further intensify.

At this moment, his magical power turned into a black and white Tai Chi diagram, hanging above the abyss of time.

As the black and white Tai Chi diagram rotated, Lei Jun used his two great magic techniques at the same time.

Above the Tai Chi diagram, Thunder Emperor City began to appear, and the Twelve Thunder Gates of Tai Chi opened.

Below the Tai Chi diagram, the magical power of the Supreme Wuji Zhenjie was flowing, and dots of black and white light began to fall into the abyss of time below.

Wang Guiyuan stood aside, keeping an eye on what would happen next in the Abyss of Time.

Fortunately, Lei Jun's technique was exquisite, and the Abyss of Time remained calm and did not move.

However, the black and white light dust particles transformed by the Tai Shang Wuji Zhen Jie did not continue to decompose, but instead gathered together and merged with the Abyss of Time. For a moment, it seemed as if the abyss was extended an extra distance.

This deep valley extending outward is like a road, extending into the black and white Tai Chi diagram above.

As the black and white Tai Chi diagram rotated, the thunder coming from the Thunder Emperor City in the sky became more and more shocking.

Xiao Chunhui then bowed to Lei Jun again and stepped into Leidi City.

Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang, who came to see him off, were a little worried. They watched the other person's figure disappear, as if he was swallowed up by the lightning that twisted the yin and yang of nature.

Xiao Chunhui was in a peaceful state of mind while being in the midst of it.

After an unknown amount of time, the scene in front of his eyes changed further. After stabilizing, a world that was somewhat familiar yet also somewhat unfamiliar appeared in his field of vision:

"It's very similar to the human world over there, but the terrain is a little different..."

After the great catastrophe in ancient times, different worlds emerged.

Generally speaking, whether it is the world of demons or the world of Confucian scholars, the overall terrain of the human world is basically the same as that of the world of nine heavens and ten earths.

Especially at the beginning, they are exactly the same.

It's just that after so many years of vicissitudes of life, the topography and landforms have naturally changed tremendously.

Not to mention the world of demons, even the world of the nine heavens and ten earths is very different from the end of the Han Dynasty after the merger with the human world.

"It's good that Yajyoutian can come here safely."

Xu Yuanzhen's voice came from the side.

Xiao Chunhui bowed to the other party and said, "Thank you, Master Xu."

The current location of the two is not at the edge of the Abyss of Time on the side of the Confucian world.

However, Xiao Chunhui could vaguely feel that a fierce battle was taking place somewhere in the distance.

"Mr. Beichen is the descendant of the Demonic Buddha?" Xiao Chunhui asked softly.

"That's right." Xu Yuanzhen replied casually, "I will be busy here for a while longer. Zhang Wantong is in the Jianghuai area in the east."

Xiao Chunhui: "Thank you very much for your guidance, Master Xu."

Xu Yuanzhen stood still, with a graceful airflow flowing around him.

This time, Xiao Chunhui came here again through the Abyss of Time.

However, through the cooperation of Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen, it was to a certain extent that they helped him "smuggle".

Over the years, as they continued to study the Abyss of Time, their personal cultivation levels and strengths improved successively, and now their understanding and control over the Abyss of Time has also deepened.

Both of them enjoy it very much.

Across from us is the vast world of nine heavens and ten earths, in the midst of nothingness.

Lei Jun put away the black and white Tai Chi diagram and nodded slightly to Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang:
"Mr. Xiao has successfully arrived at the Confucian World and is currently on his way to join His Majesty the Emperor of Tang."

Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang both bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Lei and Master Xu for your help."

Lei Jun: "No, you two are too polite."

After sitting for a while, Xiao Xueting and the other two said goodbye: "Xiao Jing, Jadi Luo, and Wujie have been killed one after another, but the situation in the northern border has not been completely settled yet, and there are still many stubborn enemies. We want to return to help the elder of your sect." "Thank you for your hard work."

Lei Jun ordered his eldest disciple Zhuo Baojie to return with Xiao Xueting and the others, and Zhuo Baojie immediately agreed.

Watching the three people leave, Wang Guiyuan sighed: "With the death of Oje Khan, there is no more Ninth Heaven Martial Saint among the foreign tribes on the grassland."

Lei Jun: "This is the case now, there will be new people in the future."

Wang Guiyuan smiled when he heard this.

The newcomers that Lei Jun was referring to were not enemies.

Previously, the human world was divided and closely related to the wilderness. The alien races on the grassland became a major force and influenced many parts of the human world, but they gradually declined afterwards.

Today's most promising up-and-coming talents are actually... the people of the Tang Dynasty.

To be precise, when the Tang Dynasty was on an expedition to defeat the Lone Eagle Khanate, Shen Qubing counterattacked the Lone Eagle Khanate in the Song Dynasty.

Not only was the foundation of the Lone Eagle Khanate completely cut off, a large number of small and medium-sized tribes that had originally been dependent on them followed Shen Qubing and other Tang soldiers back to the Tang Dynasty and submitted to the Tang Dynasty.

They also introduced the martial arts riding tradition to the Tang Dynasty and a large number of spiritual beasts that could be tamed and ridden by riding warriors.

After several decades of development, outstanding cavalry warriors have begun to emerge not only among the indigenous grassland tribes, but also among the native Tang people.

However, due to time constraints, the current top cavalry warriors are still the alien races from the grassland.

Altan Aodu, the youngest son of the Lone Eagle Khan, was brought back to the Tang Dynasty by Shen Qubing when he was young. Now he leads a tribe of foreign races on the grassland and has successfully reached the upper three heavens, making him a cavalry warrior at the seventh level.

However, he is not the best cavalry warrior in the Tang Dynasty.

The best cavalry warrior in the Tang Dynasty today is another up-and-coming talent, a female martial arts master who came from a small tribe. Her name is Narentuya, and she just reached the eighth level of the cavalry realm last year.

His rising momentum was extremely rapid, and he reached the eighth level before he was fifty years old.

In the early years, this was a very important watershed in judging the talent of a monk.

In recent years, with the surge of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, which has benefited the practice of cultivators, a large number of natural treasures that were previously lost have gradually reappeared, and the relevant standards are not as strict as before.

But talents like Narentuya are still rare.

Xiao Xueting, Shen Qubing, Shangguan Yunbo and others all praised her highly.

After the merger with the human world, the ethnic minorities in the northern border grasslands who originally belonged to the Ming human world were suppressed by a joint force of all parties.

Among the Tang Dynasty's troops, there were grassland masters such as Narentuya and Altan Aodu who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and participated in the battle. They made outstanding contributions in reconnaissance, hunting, raiding and encirclement.

They are also active in the current battle in the eastern part of Northern Xinjiang.

As expected, Lei Jun himself did not care about the turmoil in the world.

He just concentrated on studying with Wang Guiyuan and Chu Kun the things that Yuan Mobai and Zhuo Baojie had confiscated and sent back.

Zhuo Baojie is traveling outside for training. In comparison, Han Xiaofei has gone out less frequently in recent years. She stays by Lei Jun's side, waiting for orders and welcoming and seeing off guests on behalf of her mentor.

Overall, well, it’s pretty decent… I guess.

This is the evaluation made by the head of a Taoist sect who is also a master.

As for the young disciple Feng Ting, he is currently in meditation and is at the critical moment of breaking through from the sixth level to the seventh level.

Compared to entertaining and socializing with people, Han Xiaofei is more adept at supervising her fellow apprentice Feng Ting's training on behalf of her mentor Lei Jun.

Lei Jun himself lives under a ten-colored crane canopy. While he is busy with other things, he also continues his daily practice, silently accumulating and perfecting his Taiweiyuan.

I don’t realize how long the practice takes.

Time flies.

Lei Jun celebrated his 127th birthday.

The war in the northern border has basically ended, and Yuan Mobai and Zhuo Baojie have returned to the ancestral temple of Longhu Mountain one after another.

Lei Jun's third disciple Feng Ting also successfully passed the natural chasm between the sixth and seventh heavens at the turn of spring and summer this year, and achieved the cultivation level of the upper three heavens.

At the Zhongyuan Festival ceremony, Lei Jun personally bestowed the ordination seal on his disciple, and Feng Ting took on the position of a high-ranking elder and changed into a purple robe.

When the news came out, people from all over the world congratulated each other and expressed their feelings.

Master Lei values ​​quality over quantity when recruiting disciples, and all of his disciples have become talented.

It's not just that Zhuo Baojie, Han Xiaofei, and Feng Ting have ascended to the upper three realms one after another, but also because they have made rapid progress in their cultivation and their talents are visible to the naked eye.

In the past, many people secretly lamented that compared with previous Heavenly Masters, the current Heavenly Master Lei had much stricter standards for accepting disciples and was also more casual, which made everyone feel deeply regretful.

In the past, it was just the world of the Tang Dynasty.

Later, all forces in the human world, together with the people in the nine heavens and ten earths, and then merged into the human world, and people everywhere hoped that their children could gain the opportunity to become immortals and enter the eyes of the contemporary Heavenly Master.

But as Zhuo Baojie, Han Xiaofei and Feng Ting stood out one after another, everyone's attention gradually faded.

It is not easy to make a specific judgment without a deep understanding, but whether in terms of aptitude or comprehension, Han Xiaofei and Feng Ting are far superior to their peers.

Zhuo Baojie is not a human being. Like Yuan Mobai, he is difficult to measure by human standards, but he is undoubtedly a genius among geniuses.

With these three disciples standing side by side, other interested parties had no choice but to give up.

"After Hua Ting recuperates for a while, he will not be busy with his duties in the mansion."

Lei Jun instructed his third disciple Feng Ting: "Go out and gain experience for a while first. Confucianism says that reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles are the same. The principles are the same."

"Yes, Master." Feng Ting agreed.

In front of Lei Jun, he rarely hid his emotions, so a bitter smile appeared on his face at this moment.

Since he entered the sect, he has stayed in the mountain gate all year round, or practiced with his mentor Lei Jun, and rarely went out into the world.

Even so, his titles as Taoist priest and elder were already quite famous in the world, and it was difficult for him to keep a low profile.

This time, his master specifically asked him to go down the mountain to travel, which meant that he couldn't just find some beautiful place and stay there quietly. He couldn't hide his shortcomings when encountering problems, and even had to consider taking the initiative to face the challenges.

Feng Ting could understand that his master did not intend to force him to change his way of doing things.

Not only him, Lei Jun has never corrected the peculiar habits of his disciples.

But some things require experience, understanding, trying and training.

It’s okay to withdraw after experiencing it.

If Feng Ting really wanted to refuse, Lei Jun wouldn't necessarily force him.

But there are some things that if you try to avoid them, in the end they may find you and you will no longer be able to take the initiative.

It is not difficult for Feng Ting to understand this logic.

So even though he smiled bitterly, Lei Jun ordered it to be arranged, and Feng Ting agreed immediately.

"Don't hide when you encounter trouble, but don't rush to find trouble yourself, just let it go." Lei Jun smiled and said, "How many tricks you can hide depends on your own ability."

Feng Ting also smiled: "This, disciple will try his best."

He has initially reached the seventh level, and is currently continuing to cultivate his magic power while practicing his innate magical powers.

In this regard, Feng Ting, like his fellow brothers and sisters Zhuo Baojie and Han Xiaofei, chose the calligraphy of the life-cultivating master as his first innate magical power, and cultivated it into the divine image of the Dou Mu star.

This can be considered as the tradition of their lineage passed down from Yuan Mobai, Lei Jun and Chu Kun.

When Feng Ting was at the sixth level and preparing to break through to the seventh level, and when he was reading the magical sutras to lay the foundation, he had some guesses.

As for whether Feng Ting will choose the Leifa Tianshu calligraphy talisman or the Minggong Ren calligraphy talisman first.

Because he is extremely talented and accomplished in thunder magic.

During the next three days, Feng Ting chose the Thunder Talisman as his second innate skill.

When his own cultivation base was raised to the middle third level, the Thunder Talisman was sublimated along with him and directly transformed into the Five Thunders Talisman.

Like Fang Jian, he chose to learn the Yin Five Thunders Orthodox Talisman of his mentor Lei Jun as his second life-saving method in the middle three days. By the time he reached the fifth level, he had already mastered the foundation of Yin and Yang Double Thunder.

Therefore, some people initially speculated that after he arrived in the upper three days, he would just continue to practice the Thunder Law Heavenly Calligraphy Talisman and the Xuanxiao Five Thunders Calligraphy Talisman step by step.

But by the time he really reached such a realm, the Yin-Yang Five Thunders Talisman would have the foundation to be sublimated into the two great thunder magic talismans.

But for Feng Ting himself, he is not really conflicted.

Even if he does not have such a foundation, the first innate magical power of the seventh heaven must be the Dou Mu star god image.

Just like when he reached the fourth level, he chose Step into the Sky without hesitation.

It is not necessary to force the sect to follow the tradition or to flatter the master or grandmaster.

Instead, he has the same mentality as his master Lei Jun, his uncle Chu Kun, and his uncle Wang Guiyuan.

The combination of divine talismans, stepping on the Gangbu and destiny star gods can strengthen oneself, prevent sneak attacks, and help adapt to different environments and face different opponents.

This really fits Elder Feng's aesthetic and expectations...

Although he had a great talent for thunder magic, Feng Tingxiu, the god of the Dou Mu star, also felt that he was at ease with it.

Since he understood his master's painstaking efforts and accepted them calmly, Feng Ting did not need Lei Jun to urge him. He nurtured his own magical power and stabilized it. After everything was ready, he took the initiative to report to Lei Jun and prepared to go down the mountain.

"Just right, you have your first errand." Lei Jun ordered: "Fellow Daoist Shen from the South Peak of Shushan Sect has achieved great success. The mansion is led by Junior-Junior Sister Hua Wei. You should also go with him and congratulate him on behalf of the master."

"Yes, the disciple obeys."

After Feng Ting agreed, he could not help but feel a little surprised: "Master Shen of the South Peak of Shushan Mountain, has he ascended to heaven?"

In the tradition of the weapon-refining school, it is customary to refer to the perfection of the fifth level of the Nine Heavens as the realm of small freedom, also known as the wandering immortal.

In contrast, there are those who have truly opened the door to immortality and ascended to the realm of immortality. They are called celestial immortals and are known in the world along with the Dongxuan of the talisman school and the Yuanshen of the alchemy school.

Shen Xi, the former head of the Shushan Sect in the Southern Jin Dynasty and now the head of the Shushan South Peak, is recognized by the world as a man of extraordinary talent with the potential to become an immortal.

However, compared with Zhao Qianran, Xiao Yumen, Mu Chunyang and others, he achieved the fifth level of the Ninth Heaven much later than them. Now he has surpassed them, which is beyond the expectations of many people.

Feng Ting couldn't help but recall that his mentor Lei Jun once mentioned that Shen Xi might be a dark horse who would come from behind, and now his words came true.

As if he knew what his disciple was thinking, Lei Jun said casually: "It's not that mysterious, just let it go and it will work out naturally."

Feng Tingfu was filled with joy: "Master Shen's wish in cultivation is, first, to achieve his own success, and second, to ensure the safety and prosperity of the Shushan Sect of the Southern Jin Dynasty."

Before this, it was mainly because of the injury of his mentor Gongsun Daoqi that Lei Jun took care of him.

Later, Bai Mei reappeared, the people on earth merged together, and the various sects of Shushan successfully returned to their origin.

It seems that there is not much difference from before, but Shen Xi has less worries.

The master of Zhenwu Temple, Mu Chunyang, wanted to do this not only because Mount Sumeru had suffered a disaster in his early years, but also because, in addition to preserving the heritage of Zhenwu Temple in the original Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianism environment, he also had a long-cherished wish to continuously develop and expand Zhenwu Temple.

In this regard, Shen Xi has fewer demands than the other party.

And his immortal body of cosmic light is best at saving time and making up for the delay...

While Feng Ting was expressing his emotion, he was suddenly stunned. Something in his heart came to his mind, and he thought of his own situation.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then bowed to Lei Jun: "Master, I am leaving now."

(End of this chapter)