Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune starts from Tianshi Mansion.

Chapter 548 Chapter 547. Master Lei and Master Zhuo (two chapters in one)

Like his previous birthday celebrations, Lei Jun did not care about the ostentation, but he did not keep others at a distance either.

He is keen on his own meditation and cultivation, and is also not averse to social interactions.

The world of mortals is full of troubles, which are also part of the nature of the three realms.

Given Lei Jun's status and position, he did not explicitly refuse, so naturally many people came to visit him.

It is a rare opportunity to get close to Master Lei, who rarely sets foot in the mortal world nowadays, so many people come to congratulate and greet him.

Even if Confucian saints such as Yan Aoyun, Jiao Feiyang, and Shao Bowen did not come in person, they all sent their disciples and students to come.

The head of Luofu Mountain, Taoist Longqiu, even traveled across the Abyss of Time to come here in person.

Over here in the universe of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, not only did the heads and elders from the major Taoist holy places come, but representatives from other dynasties and holy places also came in an endless stream.

Nearly ten years have passed since the ten lands were unified and the boundaries were redefined.

Lei Jun usually lives in Youdu in the Dijie, where he has nothing to do. Naturally, most people don't dare to disturb him, so Youdu in the Dijie is always deserted and quiet.

Until this summer, things finally started to look a little different.

In the eyes of ordinary mortals and middle and lower-level monks in the world, there are many Taoist priests, great scholars, and eminent monks who are extraordinary and otherworldly, and they are admired by the world.

But now that they have gathered in the dark city of the underworld, their arrival has instead condensed a bit of the hustle and bustle of the world.

Zhuo Baojie, the contemporary Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu, after properly settling the affairs in his palace, brought some of his fellow disciples to Youdu in the underworld to celebrate the birthday of his mentor. At the same time, they also acted as hosts and assumed the responsibility of welcoming guests.

Master Zhuo Tian has achieved perfection in the fifth level of the Nine Heavens and has reached the realm of Five Qis to the Mysterious Realm. In today's world, he can be considered the most advanced existence below the immortals. Standing in Youdu, he welcomes and sees off guests on behalf of his mentor, and everything is in perfect order.

After greeting Taoist Longqiu, the head of Luofu Mountain who came from the Confucian world, and instructing his disciple An Buzheng to welcome him in, Zhuo Baojie looked into the distance.

A scholar in white appeared outside the underworld.

He has a gentle but simple and upright temperament, and looks to be around 30 or 40 years old.

"Mr. Yongshan is here to visit us. I am sorry that I failed to greet you in person." Zhuo Baojie greeted him.

The person who came was Fang Yue.

Just at the beginning of this spring when all things came back to life, Fang Yue became a saint on the spot, successfully opened the door to immortality, and achieved the realm of a Confucian sage.

After Chu Yu, the archer master, Confucianism produced another Confucian saint who continued the tradition of chanting.

At this time, there was another monk who was related to Confucianism but had "gone astray". He had been in seclusion for some time and was also working hard to accumulate energy to impact the fairyland.

Zhou Pu, King of Later Han.

After the nine heavens and ten earths were unified again and the human world was stabilized, he began to practice in seclusion.

He has a special physique and is a genius of Confucianism, with a sense of gratitude towards heaven and earth.

But for various reasons, he entered the path of martial arts practice.

However, it did not affect his achievement of the Ninth Heaven Martial Saint realm many years ago, and his cultivation level improved rapidly.

Originally, his speed of reaching the fairyland should be close to Shen Qubing's.

But it was a matter of time and fate. A martial immortal pupil helped him progress faster, but it also laid hidden dangers for him.

Fortunately, Zhou Pu stopped in time.

Otherwise, he might have achieved the status of a martial immortal earlier.

However, due to the control of Zheng Baiyu's New Star Tianshu, Zhou Pu's final fate would most likely be the same as Ren Caomu's.

Fortunately, Wu Xiantong and Zheng Baiyu have now become history.

Zhou Pu seemed to be in trouble before, but now he can go into battle lightly. Already standing at the gate of the fairyland, it is very likely that he will successfully push open the fairyland gate after Fang Yue and become another martial immortal in the world of nine heavens and ten earths.

After Fang Yue became a saint instantly, someone from the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion came to congratulate him.

He came in person to celebrate Lei Jun's birthday. On the one hand, he had been very close to Lei Jun in the past, and on the other hand, he had other considerations for this return gift.

After greeting Zhuo Baoji, Fang Yue said in a gentle tone: "I have met your master, Master Lei, and have consulted him. I may have some other questions, so I will ask Master Zhuo Tian for your advice."

Zhuo Baojie: "Mr. Yongshan, you are too polite."

A purple-robed Taoist priest from Youdu came out to greet them. He was of medium stature and had a smile on his face. “Master, I will take Mr. Yongshan inside. The Master Brother is already waiting for you.”

The person who came was Chu Kun.

Zhuo Baojie: "Thank you, uncle."

Fang Yue: "Master Chu, how are you?"

Chu Kun smiled and said, "It's not bad. I've been busy with cultivation in recent years and haven't been around much with my old friends. I'm lazy this time and want to take advantage of the birthday celebration of our Master Brother to gather together and sit with our old friends. Mr. Fang, please come in."

In addition to Fang Yue, there were many other cultivators who had already opened the door to immortality who came to congratulate him.

Most people had already congratulated Fang Yue, the newly promoted saint, a few months ago, so there was no need for him to take the spotlight now.

When the time was almost up, Lei Jun, wearing a yellow brocade robe, appeared accompanied by Zhuo Baojie, who was wearing a nine-colored robe.

This trip was not in vain.

The head of Xuanmen, Lei Tianjun, later gave a lecture in Youdu, the underworld.

All participants benefited greatly.

Whether in terms of aptitude and knowledge, or in terms of current realm and strength, Lei Jun's statements all point directly to the mystery of the great Dao.

While the descendants of various Taoist sects are benefiting, the practitioners of other sects are also benefiting greatly from listening to Lei Jun's teachings.

Even Fang Yue and others who have already opened the door to immortality use it to constantly verify what they have learned in the past and what they are thinking at the moment.

As for the Taoist monk Long Qiu who came from the Confucian world, he was reluctant to leave.

If he was not the leader of a sect who was concerned about his own Luofu Mountain Taoist lineage and disciples, Taoist Long Qiu really hoped to live in the world of nine heavens and ten earths forever and not miss any opportunity to listen to Lei Jun's teachings and ask him for advice.

By the time the meeting was over, almost everyone was still reluctant to leave, but no one dared to disturb Master Lei, so most of them said goodbye and left.

However, some guests, at the invitation of Zhuo Tianshi, the current head of Longhushan Tianshi Mansion, stayed in the earth for a while longer.

Zhuo Baojie led everyone to leave Youdu and set up a cave in the mountains and seas outside the underworld for them to meet and gather.

They are not discussing secret and urgent matters, but are closely related to all living beings in the world today.

"I would like to invite all of you to sit together today, and let's continue to discuss the next rules and regulations to facilitate the cooperation of all parties in the future."

Zhuo Baojie bowed to everyone present.

Everyone returned the greeting.

Although there were no masters who had already opened the door to immortality among those present, there were many people who were in high positions and had great reputations.

For example, the contemporary Medicine King Sun Mingjing, who has always had close contacts with the Tianshi Mansion, Zhang Taigang, the head of the East Peak lineage of the Shushan School, Nie Fang, the abbot of the Xuanji Temple, Peng Qiaoyang, the Lingshan wizard, and the great Confucian scholars Zhu Junjie and Li Feiyang are all cultivators of the Ninth Heaven, and most of them are the helmsmen of a certain party.

"It's hard to say that the weather has been good in the past two years, but fortunately, the grain production has increased significantly, thanks in large part to the great witches of the Gu Shu lineage."

Zhuo Baojie said, "At the same time, I would also like to thank Master Nie of Xuanji Temple and fellow practitioners of Shushan Sect."

In addition to the Lingshan wizard Peng Qiaoyang, the other great wizards present included the old leader of Yinshandong, Hu Hengyuan, and the elder Tian Cheng who has taken over the Yinshandong sect in recent years.

Ever since Lei Jun talked about related matters with Hu Hengyuan and Tian Cheng in his early years, the sacred land of the Nanhuang Witch Clan's Gu Shu has always focused on benefiting farmers over the years.

After nearly a hundred years of ups and downs, Hu Hengyuan and Tian Cheng successively reached the ninth heaven realm. The human world and the world were also constantly changing, but they persisted in related matters.

As the Tang Dynasty's witch sect, the Jiuli people of the Dihai, the Kongsang Didu lineage, the Lingshan witch sect and many other witch sects gradually communicated with each other in a relatively peaceful manner and became connected, more great witches and successors devoted themselves to this aspect.

Among them, Qiao Yang, the great wizard who had reached the fifth level of perfection in the Ninth Heaven, put a lot of effort into it.

Although the world experienced the earthly changes of the reunion of the human world and the reunification of the nine heavens and the ten earths, except before and after the incident, the world was mostly peaceful.

The common people live a prosperous life and are not displaced.

Although there were still some minor frictions from time to time between the Tang Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Two Jin Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty, they remained restrained, and wars and disasters gradually moved away from the world.

The greatest manifestation of the people's wealth is the substantial population growth over the past few decades.

Fortunately, after the merger with humans and the earth, the world became vast and could still accommodate the people from the previous nine heavens and ten earths.

In the past, this was a sign of peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

However, great scholars led by Zhu Junjie, who pursue the path of governing the country and benefiting the people, have begun to pay close attention to related matters in recent years.

The continuous increase in food production has supported population growth.

On the other hand, Qiao Yang is the top witch doctor in Lingshan Wumen. In addition to helping Hu Hengyuan, Tian Cheng and others to benefit farmers, he also keeps in touch with Sun Mingjing of the medical and martial arts lineage to keep people away from illness.

In addition to the two school of witchcraft and medicine and martial arts, those present also included the high-ranking elders of the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain, Zhuo Baojie's junior sister Qin Caiwei, and the current master of Zhenwu Temple Chen Ning.

After Mu Chunyang cultivated his primordial spirit and ascended to heaven, he gradually passed on the mantle of Zhenwu Temple to younger generations such as Chen Ning.

Chen Ning has now also cultivated to the ninth level of the Mahayana realm of the Taoist Danding School, and is on par with Jiang Yu, the Palace Master of Chunyang Palace, who also has a pure yin immortal body. Although his cultivation level is inferior to the other, his future is equally promising.

In addition to a group of human cultivators, Qingluan Zhuyin, who originally lived in Canghuan, is also present.

The breeding of various precious spiritual flowers and herbs and even the preparation of elixirs are also involved with spiritual beasts such as Qingluan Zhuyin.

The advancement of medicine also supports population growth.

On this basis, more population began to concentrate in towns and cities, forming a larger urban household group than in previous dynasties.

Therefore, among those invited by Zhuo Baojie, there were also important officials from major dynasties, such as Ling Hui and Song Hang from the Tang Dynasty, Li Feiyang and Wang Bu Jiu from the Han Dynasty, and Gu Muqing, one of the most important officials of the Later Han Dynasty except Geng Yuanyan.

Although Zhu Junjie has resigned from his official position, he is still a world-renowned scholar.

Gu Muqing, who came from the Later Han Dynasty, was his student and a great scholar who practiced the way of governing the country and benefiting the people. He was quite sensitive to the relevant changes.

As for the Xuanji Temple lineage founded by Nie Fang, and the Shushan School, the holy land of Taoist refining, especially the Shushan East Peak cultivators such as Zhang Taigang, Xie Yiying, and Cai Yu who were present this time, their refining of magic weapons and magical instruments in recent years has greatly supported the various attempts and promotions of Qiao Yang, Hu Hengyuan, Sun Mingjing and others.

Especially Xuanji Temple, after hundreds of years of development, now has many disciples, but also more and more subdivided, and more and more obvious divisions. Some people are keen on offering sacrifices and refining magic weapons that are more powerful than fighting and killing.

Some people are keen on refining and developing magical weapons and instruments with relatively mild effects.

There are also some intersections and divergences among them. Some people consider themselves more as practitioners, and continue to study and make breakthroughs, trying to push the relevant realm and effectiveness as high as possible.

Some others are more inclined to innovate and continue researching, focusing on popularization and serving the middle and lower-level monks, and even the common people who have no cultivation.

Joining Nie Fang in the meeting today is one of his direct disciples, Niu Gushou.

Elder Niu of Xuanji Temple is a high-ranking elder of the Taoist Yanshi lineage who is inclined to popularize and simplify middle and lower-level magic weapons and instruments, and is more inclined towards "daily civilian use". He is a representative figure in this field.

Niu Gushu has made outstanding contributions in various related fields, not limited to agriculture and medicine.

He has become famous in the world today, but he is also famous for some controversies.

Nie Fang regarded the other party as his favorite.

Zhuo Baojie looked at the people present, and from time to time he recalled some words that Lei Jun had said accidentally when he and Nie Fang and a few others were listening to his master Lei Jun's teachings:

“Practitioners in the world should be considerate of the people and not involve innocent people, let alone indiscriminate killing.

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But apart from valuing life, it is difficult to ask those who are practicing to be willing to dedicate themselves to serving the people in the secular world. The higher the level of practice, the more so.

It is possible to regulate rewards and punishments and enforce them, or even to manipulate people's souls openly or covertly, but I will not do that.

Naturally, what the superior likes, the subordinates will follow. For example, even if I and Tianrui Jushi have no intention of being like the former members of the heavenly palace or the Taoist kingdom on earth, as long as some of my thoughts and tendencies are revealed, the human world will more or less respond.

If it is beneficial to the people, does not go against my own conscience, and does not harm the harmony of nature, I will certainly not go against my will and prevent such things.

In fact, in this world, if we interfere less, the world will change over time. Over hundreds or thousands of years, ordinary people may also have long-term development. "

Zhuo Baojie often felt emotional when he thought back to what Lei Jun had said in the past.

Although my master is indifferent and calm, he has a compassionate heart.

Therefore, as expected, in today's world of nine heavens and ten earths, what the superiors like will be followed by the subordinates, including the immortals of various sects. The practitioners in this world all pay attention to sympathizing with the people. Starting with the younger disciples of Tianshi Mansion, Hu Hengyuan, Tian Cheng and Nie Fang of Xuanji Temple, they were inspired by Lei Jun and helped the ordinary people. Later, a large number of cultivators participated in it.

But how much energy and thought each practitioner puts into this varies from person to person.

For most people, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to persist in doing something that is not beneficial to them, especially something that is not beneficial not only in the short term but also in the long term.

Indeed, as long as there are no major accidents, Lei Tianjun can exist in this world for a long time, long enough to cover the lifespan of generations of cultivators in the world.

But even if people can persist, they may still remain on the surface.

Even in the future, whether Lei Jun dies, transcends and leaves, or completely disappears from the world, all of this may still lead to a violent backlash.

Maybe Lei Jun himself doesn't care, but he won't let it go.

It is extremely difficult to expect most practitioners to willingly work like slaves for mortals.

Unless, while benefiting others, one also benefits oneself, and the benefit to oneself is greater, to the point of outweighing the harm to others and benefiting oneself.

Throughout history, around each major sect of spiritual practice, there are often a large number of peripheral and downstream industries that penetrate into the secular world and the people, just like the roots of a big tree penetrating into the soil to obtain nutrients.

But in the view of Zhuo Baojie, Nie Fang and others, the past efficiency was too low and too rudimentary.

Even the previous emperor's imperial skills to attract the people's hearts and minds and bless the country's destiny, although huge and stable, were still too crude.

The related industries are constantly improving, becoming more systematic, more concentrated, and larger, and can provide stronger support to the monks. This will make it possible for the practitioners to pay more attention to the people, and even in turn support the secular people and be willing to take the initiative to make advance investments.

In today's world, the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion, Shushan School, Xuanji Temple, Yinshan Cave, and Huitiantang have gradually shown signs of this.

More and more people in the secular world are engaging in the related industries surrounding the major sects, rather than the simple manual planting, picking and digging as before.

Especially in Xuanji Temple, a large number of metallurgical workshops have been opened over the years.

In a few of them, the managers are no longer disciples of Xuanji Temple with actual cultivation, but those workshops still produce and refine various equipment according to the needs of Xuanji Temple and supply them.

Metallurgical refining techniques and furnaces that have nothing to do with the fire power cultivated by practitioners are constantly being innovated.

Later on, it turned out that Niu Gu Shou went there for a few visits and improved the stoves used by mortals to increase their firepower.

Therefore, regarding the slight controversy in the outside world against Niu Gushou, Nie Fang has always protected and supported his favorite disciple.

Nowadays, people like him are still a minority.

It was not difficult for Nie Fang to understand the problem of taking whatever he wanted and exhausting the resources.

Therefore, under his rule, Xuanji Temple purchased or procured the output of the workshops.

Later, the output of many workshops at the foot of Xuanji Temple Mountain became higher and higher. After meeting the needs of Xuanji Temple itself, they even started to export in recent years.

For his part, Yu Zhuobaojie hopes that similar situations will become common.

Perhaps, with my own master around, I can keep it going.

But this brings us back to the earlier question: what if Master Lei is no longer around?

I hope that as time goes by, more and more people can reach a consensus and eventually maintain a stable framework together... Zhuo Baojie thought.

He recalled that his master Lei Jun had only started simply in the past, but he chose alchemy, equipment refining, and agriculture. Perhaps it was because these were closely related to the practitioners' own practice and they could help and support each other.

"Master Zhuo is calm and composed, and Sect Leader Lei has someone to succeed him." Fang Yue, who was still in the underworld, looked towards the dark mountains and seas in the distance and said to Lei Junyan beside him.

Lei Jun: "Some of these things are just my personal fantasies, I'm sorry to make you laugh, Mr. Fang.

It is possible that all these things may go through a long period of repetition and ultimately fail to achieve anything.

History has its own dynamics, and we do not force it. However, Hua Jie has the heart to help the world and the people, so I will not stop him. This is also a test for him. "

Since Zhuo Baojie succeeded as Heavenly Master, he rarely had his own actions and ideas, but mostly followed the rules, continuing and promoting the previous actions of his mentor Lei Jun.

There are occasional rumors in the outside world that Master Zhuo Tianshi is just a mouthpiece for Master Lei.

Or maybe, Master Zhuo Tian knew that his qualifications and prestige were not outstanding, so he did not take the risk of initiating new measures to establish his own authority. Instead, he took the initiative to continue the various measures and arrangements of his master Lei Jun to further inherit his mentor's reputation.

Even though Zhuo Baojie is a great master who has reached the ninth heaven, he is already the top master in the world today, and his future is still limitless, with fairyland in sight.

Regarding some rumors from the outside world, Zhuo Baojie felt as if a gentle breeze was blowing on his face, and he was in a peaceful state of mind.

From Fang Yue's perspective, as the new Heavenly Master after Lei Jun, there is nothing wrong with Zhuo Baojie following in his footsteps.

If there are no major problems with Master Lei's previous actions, then it would be best for Master Zhuo to continue them.

Lei Tianjun’s tenure as Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu was too short.

Not to mention that he has become an immortal, even if he is a cultivator in the upper three heavens, a hundred years is a very short term unless there are major accidents.

Because he is still alive, perhaps his influence is limited.

Or maybe Lei Jun himself doesn't mind.

After Zhuo Baojie took over, he continued to promote and extend Lei Jun's previous initiatives, further deepening and implementing them until the foundation was finally laid and completely consolidated, so as to attract more and more latecomers to voluntarily follow and maintain them.

In this case, Fang Yue would not be optimistic about Master Zhuo if he always wanted to come up with new ideas in order to make his presence felt.

"It is Fang who is going to do something unorthodox this time." Fang Yue said slowly.

Lei Jun nodded: "Although I live in a remote area, I have heard about it. Do you want to further adjust the teaching of the academy?"

Fang Yue: “That’s right.”

The academy established by the Tang Dynasty has a history of more than a hundred years.

After Xiao Chunhui, Fang Yue was in charge of this matter for a longer time than Xiao Chunhui.

During his tenure, major academies were no longer limited to provinces, but had expanded further to prefectures and counties, gradually and completely replacing the previous Tang Dynasty official schools.

Even after the merger with the human world, Fang Yue continued to steadily advance all of this.

In addition, he also had many exchanges with Fang Junmei of the Han Dynasty, Geng Yuanyan of the Later Han Dynasty and others.

Although the relations between the major dynasties were complicated, academic exchanges were quite smooth due to mutual restraint and acquiescence.

It was in response to Zhuo Baojie, Nie Fang, Sun Mingjing, Qiao Yang, Zhang Taigang, Hu Hengyuan, Zhu Junjie and others that Fang Yue intended to introduce more relevant content such as agronomy, mathematics, craftsmanship, and medicine into the academy.

Similar subjects, even those related to Buddhist and Taoist practice, already existed in the academy.

Fang Yue now intends to increase the proportion further, and continue to increase it.

He has already consulted Zhang Wantong on the relevant matters.

After meeting Lei Jun, Fang Yue later planned to go to the court to meet the King of Later Han, Zhou Pu, after he came out of seclusion, and asked to meet the Emperor of Han, Xiang Sheng.

"If there is anything you need, Mr. Fang can go to Tonghuajie and discuss with other Taoist friends." Lei Junyan said.

Fang Yue: "I have heard Master Zhuo and Sect Leader Nie say that many of their ideas came from Sect Leader Lei, so I hope to learn more from you on this."

Lei Jun: "I don't deserve your advice. Every profession has its own specializations and there is no end to learning. I only know the basics of many things. We can communicate slowly."

Fang Yue: "Thank you, Master Lei. In this case, I will go meet Master Zhuo, Master Nie, Elder Qiao and others to set the general rules."

After saying goodbye to Lei Jun and Chu Kun, he also headed towards the mountains and sea.

"After Mr. Fang, it was His Royal Highness the King of the Later Han Dynasty." Chu Kun asked Lei Jun, "After that, it was Fellow Daoist Jiang from Chunyang Palace?"

Lei Jun nodded lightly.

After Zhou Pu, the person who is currently closest to the fairyland in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths is Jiang Yu from Chunyang Palace.

However, the new world opened up by Xiao Chunhui and Meng Shaojie gave rise to natural feedback, and with the help of the accumulated knowledge of Confucian classics and their rapid rise to prominence, they had a strong momentum to rise.

In the next few decades, they, together with Yue Xiling, Zhang Taigang, Kang Ming, Nie Fang, Zhuo Baojie and others, formed the next batch of people to impact the fairyland.

"During this period, there were two other dark horses that started too late but are catching up very quickly," said Lei Junyan.

Chu Kun understood: "Xu Hai and Xu Wu."

(End of this chapter)