If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

After having a long-awaited dinner in the East Palace, Zhu Zhanquan took Meng Qinglin back to his palace.

Zhu Zhanquan's every move after returning to Beijing attracted the attention of countless people, and even his sneezing could keep countless people awake throughout Nanjing.

In addition to the Taisun Party and the Zheng Wang Party, those cultivators are naturally paying attention to every move of the only living immortal who has been dubbed "the first immortal in the world" by the good guys.

However, Zhu Zhanchun's various behaviors made these practitioners very confused.

In the traditional concept of spiritual practice, spiritual practice requires escaping from the world.

The world of mortals is full of disturbances, and many worries are not conducive to spiritual practice. Therefore, practitioners will seek out famous mountains and rivers in inaccessible places and stay in huts to practice.

This statement cannot be wrong, because practicing in famous mountains and rivers is a way to better obtain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and avoiding the distractions of the world can indeed practice more concentratedly.

But for people like Zhu Zhanquan, who rely on the luck of the country to cultivate, complete escapism is not advisable.

However, this is still somewhat unclear to practitioners of Ming Dynasty today.

But not understanding does not mean that they can comment. After all, this is the only living immortal in the world, and his every move must have profound meaning. If you don't understand, it means you are not enlightened enough and cannot understand the immortal's true meaning.

However, when faced with a living immortal who is also a vassal king of the imperial court, it is obviously impossible for a group of practitioners to guess what he is thinking by just guessing, and it is necessary to pay him a visit.

Considering that this was a living immortal who was also a vassal king with a high position and noble status, who should visit him became the focus of discussion among the practitioners.

The most positive one among them is Longhu Mountain. After all, in the first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang deprived Longhu Mountain of the title of Celestial Master. Although the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain was later canonized as the leader of Zhengyi, the leader could not sound like a Celestial Master. Classy?

So the Zhang family was jumping up and down, hoping that through this incident, they could find a way to regain the title of Heavenly Master of the Zhang family.

Some people are positive, while others are naturally opposed. For example, Buddhism is relatively indifferent to this.

After all, Zhu Zhanquan was an immortal, not a Buddha. If immortality flourished, wouldn't it be Buddhism that was in decline?

However, the Buddhist sect cannot say that it will not participate. After all, if it really does not cooperate with the court, then those who are waiting for the Buddhist sect will definitely be expelled by the Taoist sect.

Don't think that Taoist priests are all quiet and good gentlemen. During the Jin Dynasty, when Taoists cut down mountains and destroyed temples to clean up the world's obscene temples and wild sacrifices, their murderous nature was not at 01:30.

Most of the myths and stories circulating today about Taoist priests subduing demons and demons originate from this period, and many of them were actually beheaded.

Therefore, even if Buddhists are unwilling, they are still trying their best to get a place to visit Zhu Zhanyu, a living immortal.

In addition to the two major Xuanmen sects, the Taoist sect in the north also stood up at this time and expressed that they needed to visit the immortals and understand the true meaning of the immortal family.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tianshi Kou Qian improved the Five Pecks of Rice Tao in the name of Laojun. Because it spread in the north, he called Longhushan Tianshi Tao a pseudo-faith, so the Taoism split into two factions, the north and the south.

In addition to the division of the north and the south during this period, northern Taoism was recognized by the northern court, so the Taoist sect also had the distinction between the North Heavenly Master's Way and the South Heavenly Master's Way.Later, at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Chongyang founded the Quanzhen Sect. When it was passed into the hands of Qiu Chuji, he received the support of Genghis Khan. As a result, the Northern Taoist sect flourished, and Qiu Chuji's disciple Yin Zhiping was already the leader of the Northern Taoist sect.

However, its rise was rapid and its demise was sudden. Yuan Ting had already lost its power within less than a hundred years after occupying the Central Plains. As Emperor Hongwu expelled the Mongolian Yuan and restored China, the Southern Taoist Sect seized the opportunity to pat the Zhu family on the dragon's butt. , became the righteous leader of the world.

During this period, the Northern Daomen was somewhat implicated because it was too close to Yuanting.

Although it cannot be said to be in decline now, it has been somewhat suppressed.

Now that there is an opportunity to change, how could Northern Dao Sect let this opportunity pass?
Even the northern Taoist sect has this attitude, and the corresponding attitude of the casual cultivators can be imagined.

But after all, they were just casual cultivators from the side sect, and they did not have the right to speak in this matter as the two major sects of Xuanmen. After arguing and arguing, they only managed to get two places, and elected two highly respected people among the casual cultivators from the side sect, and The two Xuanmen sects visited Zhu Zhanyu together.

So Prince Zheng's Mansion welcomed a very special group of visitors the next day. Not only were they all monks, laymen, Taoists and nuns, they all looked like immortals, with white beards and hair, and they looked quite a bit older.

The leader is the current No. 40 fourth-generation Longhushan Celestial Master, who is the first successor to teach Guangzu Yin Daozhen, and is in charge of Taoist affairs Zhang Yuqing.

Seeing that it was the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain who came, the concierge of Prince Zheng's Mansion did not dare to neglect and hurriedly informed Zhu Zhanchun of the visit of this group of people. Zhu Zhanchun politely opened the middle door to welcome the guests, which was considered a sufficient courtesy. Save their face.

Representatives of the practitioners headed by Zhang Yuqing did not dare to be arrogant and also paid homage to Zhu Zhancui in accordance with secular etiquette.

After some polite exchanges between the two parties, they sat down and got down to business.

"I already know the purpose of your visit, and I also understand your appeal." Zhu Zhanquan didn't like unnecessary politeness, so he said straight to the point: "The promises made by the imperial court to you are all true, and the Lingshi imperial court is indeed true." It can be provided, but in exchange, the practitioner also needs to serve the court."

Hearing what Zhu Zhanjun said, some practitioners' expressions immediately changed and they wanted to say something.

However, Zhu Zhanquan just raised his hand to signal and continued randomly: "After listening to Gu Xian's words, I understand what you mean. I feel that I am a person from outside the country and should not be driven by the court. This is understandable to me.

However, spiritual stones are resources controlled by the imperial court. To be more precise, the imperial court has mastered the method of extracting the power of earth veins and converting them into spiritual stones.

Therefore, all spiritual stones come from the imperial court. If you want to obtain spiritual stones, you can only obtain them from the imperial court.

The way to obtain spiritual stones from the imperial court, in addition to serving the imperial court and being driven by the imperial court, is to trade with the imperial court and exchange for valuable things.

Whether you like to take advantage of others or not, you are free to choose how to obtain spiritual stones from the court.

But you need to remember that you must abide by the laws of the imperial court. After all, even practitioners are considered my subjects of the Ming Dynasty and must abide by the laws of my Ming Dynasty. "

Having said this, Zhu Zhanju unceremoniously unleashed his power, pressing down on everyone's bodies and hearts like a big mountain: "If someone is unwilling to abide by the court's laws, then Gu Hegu's army will tell him , what is the court law and why should we abide by it." (End of this chapter)