The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 143: Northern and Southern Dynasties, Louguan Dao, Kou Tianshi! (asking for monthly tickets)

"In the fifth year of Yuanjia in the Song Dynasty... Wuxing moved east to Lujiazi... His ancestor was Lu Kai, the prime minister of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period... Now the world is in chaos, with the Great River as the boundary. In the south, Liu Song replaced Jin, and in the north, the Five Barbarians invaded China. Tuoba, Helian, Murong and other barbarian pseudo-dynasties coexisted. The new ruler of Wei conquered Xia and attacked Chang'an. Lu Xiuchen originally went to Chang'an to look for his friends. He visited immortals and asked for the way in Zhongnan Mountain, but was affected by the war and his friend was killed. He met a Taoist priest on the road and was saved, so he was able to save his life..."

In his mind, Lu Chen kept checking the memory of the person he had replaced.

Unlike his original self in the Journey to the West world, who was ordinary, the person replaced by Lu Chen in this mission copy world was not simple.

Lu Xiuchen is 21 years old this year. His ancestor was the prime minister of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period. Although the times have changed, the Lu family has declined and is no longer as prosperous as it was during the Three Kingdoms period.

However, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Today, the Lu family is also a prestigious scholar family in the south, and all the disciples in the family study literature.

As a son of a wealthy family, Lu Xiuchen had been studying scriptures since he was a child.

However, this person has been fond of Taoism since childhood and often takes pleasure in searching for lost Taoist scriptures.

But when it comes to spiritual practice, I don’t know how.

Although there is the Zhang family Tianshi Dao in the south, it is declining day by day. The major Taoist officials of the Tianshi Dao have already forgotten the heart of practicing for the universal purpose. Lu Xiuchen has searched there many times, but has never seen any practitioners. Instead, they are all harboring filth and corruption.

I feel disgusted and don't like this kind of behavior.

Although the new Tianshi Dao in the north was in full swing, Kou Qianzhi, the self-proclaimed Tianshi, was actually the imperial teacher of the Xianbei Hu Tuoba pseudo-dynasty. Naturally, Lu Xiuchen, who had been receiving and following the orthodox education of the Han people since childhood, was unwilling to follow the enemy.

So he set his sights on the Louguan Road in Mount Zhongnan.

The Zhongnan area was also occupied by the Helian Xia Kingdom, one of the pseudo-dynasties of the Hu people.

However, the hermit immortals in Zhongnan Mountain never worked for the pseudo dynasty. After Lu Xiuchen received a letter from a good friend during his previous study visit and learned that there were immortals living in the towers in Zhongnan Mountain, he secretly fled from home with his servant.

It took more than a year of walking, and they went through untold hardships. Even the servant boy he carried with him died at the hands of bandits, before they finally arrived in Chang'an.

However, he didn't expect that war would break out in Chang'an after he met his good friend.

In fact, the war had already happened two years ago, in the third year of Shiguang in Wei and the second year of Chengguang in Xia. Wei took advantage of the death of the king of Xia, the unsuccessful succession of the new king Helian Chang, and the chaos among the sons of the old king, and sent troops to attack.

Chang'an was also captured by the State of Wei in the same year. It was also in this year that his good friend sent him a letter, telling him the news that the war had ended.

The following year, that is, last year, when the news that Xia Lord Helian Chang was captured by Wei State reached the southern Song State, he finally couldn't hold back his desire to pursue immortality and made up his mind to come here.

After all, the Wei State was powerful, and the destruction of the Xia State was a foregone conclusion.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, after the new Wei ruler Tuoba Tao ascended the throne, Wei began to use Han officials. The scene of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China in the early years had changed a lot. Wei actively integrated into the Han family, and the way the Hu people changed their clothing and customs was also recognized by some northern gentry. The situation was relatively stable, and there would no longer be incidents of the Hu people killing Han people for no reason.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he encountered the Xia army coming back again!

"Besides, even my predecessor was almost killed. If I hadn't been rescued, I'm afraid I would have died by now."

Lu Chen glanced at a Taoist priest next to him who had gray hair but a face as fresh as that of a baby.

The Taoist had a beard and was dressed in a purple Taoist robe. He held a whisk in his hand and held Lu Chen's collar with one hand. His face was as calm as water. The wind blew, fluttering his robes, making him look like an immortal descending to the earth.

In fact, the current state of the two is indeed like that of immortals.

After all, their bodies had been floating in the air all the time!

The surrounding scene changed rapidly and the flying speed was obviously not slow.

Even with this flying speed, although it is still not as fast as Senior Brother Huizhi's maximum flying speed, it is not much worse than Senior Brother Guangyuan.

There is no doubt that this must be a cultivator above the inner alchemy immortal realm!
Just as Lu Chen finished absorbing the information and saw that there was not much malicious aura above the Taoist's head, he was thinking about whether to struggle and how to get rid of his control, when the Taoist's body suddenly stopped.

Looking down, Lu Chen put away his struggling thoughts and looked down curiously.

"I didn't know that Master Kou would come. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I hope Master Kou will forgive me!"

Below, in this quiet place where the wind blows the green bamboos like waves, the water flows in the streams into a painting, and the birds sing in the woods into a song, a small Taoist temple stands here.

The Taoist temple is not big and looks a bit dilapidated. However, the tallest building in the second courtyard is just a three-story wooden building with a hooked eaves. It is not luxurious and does not have many decorations.

However, a mountain is not high if it has immortals, and a river is not deep if it has dragons.

The size of a temple does not matter, as long as there are immortals living here, then this place is the residence of the immortals.

Following an apology, two figures walked out of the Taoist temple.

Looking closely, they were an old man and a middle-aged Taoist priest, both dressed simply in linen clothes.

The old man who was speaking was already very old, with his hands clasped together and his face expression normal.

The middle-aged Taoist beside him looked at the purple-robed Taoist beside Lu Chen with fear, but still followed the old Taoist's manners.

After all, this person is the one who calls himself the Heavenly Master in the Northern Dynasty. Now the Southern Heavenly Master sect is in decline, no genius has been born for many years, and it is becoming increasingly corrupt.

With the rise of the New Tianshi Dao and the pursuit of reform, Kou Qianzhi even persuaded the current ruler of Wei to make the New Tianshi Dao in the north the state religion. As Wei became stronger, his own prestige began to grow stronger.

"Master Fu Yue, you are too polite."

When Master Kou Tianshi, who was beside Lu Chen, saw Ma Jian in such a state, his expression relaxed a lot and he landed on the ground with Lu Chen.

At this time, Lu Chen was a little confused.

Master Kou?
Among the historical Heavenly Masters, those who were given the title of Heavenly Master were not limited to Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain.

For example, the other three heavenly masters except Zhang Tianshi in Journey to the West also have prototypes in reality. Even Tianshi Qiu, his prototype is Fuqiu Gong, the master of Wang and Guo Erzhenjun.

The only Heavenly Master with the surname Kou is Kou Qianzhi from the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Northern Wei, the Hu people’s court.

This is nothing in the eyes of later generations. After all, after thousands of years of development, even the Hu people in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were just a part of Daxia's history for later generations. They would only feel disgusted with terms like "Five Barbarians Invading China" and "Two-legged Sheep".

If we only talk about the Northern Wei Dynasty, who would want to find out which nation founded it? In the future, they are all the Daxia nation anyway.

However, in this day and age, being a heavenly teacher for the Hu people, or even serving as a state teacher in the Hu court, would be criticized.

Of course, perhaps because Kou Qianzhi founded the Northern Tianshi Dao and reformed Taoism with its original style, although later generations did not recognize Kou Qianzhi's title of Tianshi, they also respected him as a master of Taoism, allowing his name to be passed down.

"This is Mount Zhongnan, and there is also the Louguan Daoist... Master Fu Yue... Could it be Ma Jian?"

Lu Chen turned his gaze towards the old Taoist priest opposite him.

Ma Jian, whose courtesy name was Fu Yue, was a Taoist from Louguan Taoism.

The Louguan Taoism at this time was not the Louguan Taoism sect that flourished in later generations and once surpassed the Shangqing Maoshan Sect during the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Louguan Dao was still a hidden sect. Since Guan Lingzi Yin Xi Zhenren, it had been a single-line Louguan Dao, with only a few big cats and small cats.

When Louguan Dao really emerged, it still needed the participation of Wang Daoyi and others.

Historical records state that "Taiwu was fond of Taoism and heard of his name, so he often sent messengers to bring incense and candles to him so that he could hold a fast and practice Taoism. Since then, people from all over the world have been asking him to visit them. Later, Taoist priests Niu Wenhou, Yin Faxing and other Taoist priests came one after another, and the number of Taoist priests increased to more than 40."

Later, during the Taihe reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Taoist Wang Daoyi led six or seven of his disciples from Mount Gushe to the Louguan Temple and renovated the temple. The number of civil engineering workers who worked there was usually over a hundred. The temples and altars were all completely renovated.

Finally, after the incident of the Ten Elders of Tiangu in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Louguan Dao finally flourished.

And now, not to mention that Wang Daoyi has not yet led his disciples and other Taoists to Zhongnan Mountain, even Niu Wenhou, Yin Faxing and others have not come yet.

Therefore, at this time, the only orthodox descendants of Louguan Taoism who existed were Ma Jian and his disciple Yin Tong.

It's not even right to call it a "Tao", at best it can only be called Louguan Temple!
"I don't dare to accept the title of 'True Man' from Master Kou Tianshi. I am just a cultivator in the mountains." Ma Jian bowed his head.

"Master, you are too modest. Well, how about calling me Taoist friend?" Kou Qianzhi smiled and turned to look at the middle-aged Taoist beside Ma Jian: "This is your disciple, the descendant of Master Taihe, right?"

"I am not talented, but my ancestor is the Taoist Taihe. I wonder what brings Master Kou to my temple?"

Yin Tong said this neither humbly nor arrogantly, his tone couldn't be described as bad, but it definitely wasn't good either!
When Lu Chen heard this, he secretly said, "As expected."

In later records about Yin Tong, there is a sentence like this: "At that time, the world was in turmoil, and Tong went to the tower despite the dangers and hardships."

Needless to say, who the word "Kou Nan" refers to is none other than Kou Qianzhi.

As for calling Kou Qianzhi's Northern Tianshi Dao lineage "Kou Nan", one can imagine how much Yin Tong disliked this person.

And from Lu Chen's perspective, he also discovered that Yin Tong had great hostility towards him, probably because he came here with Kou Qianzhi.

On the side, Kou Qianzhi was well aware of Yin Tong's hidden dislike, but he just smiled and bowed his head, saying, "Master Wenshi is a great sage of Taoism. He was passed down by the Taoist ancestor. Master Taihe, as Master Wenshi's younger brother, has made great contributions to the development of Taoism. I have longed to do the same. Therefore, this trip is to find the group of cultivators in Gulou Temple and to see if I can find the original manuscripts of Masters Wenshi and Taihe."

"is it?"

Yin Tong said disdainfully: "My Yin family has been suppressed by your sect, but I don't know what Master Kou Tianshi means by 'yearning'?"

"Spiritual Mirror!"

Ma Jian suddenly scolded, “Yin Tong, whose courtesy name is Lingjian, did not have any ritual inheritance in Louguan Taoism, so there was no name passed down. This name was his own, and there was no need to add anything more.”

Then he turned to Kou Qianzhi and said, "Master Kou, please don't be surprised. Lingjian had a rough life in his early years and was bullied by Taoist Wuliang, so he has many prejudices against your Taoism."

"Really? Is this true?"

Kou Qianzhi seemed to be unaware of this matter and said in a stern voice: "Fellow Daoist Ma, Fellow Daoist Yin, I am usually very busy with affairs and I don't know what the people below are doing. When I return this time, I will definitely investigate it thoroughly and give justice to Fellow Daoist Yin!"

"Thank you very much, Master Tianhan."

Ma Jian bowed his head and saw that his disciple was indifferent. He could only sigh in his heart, knowing that Yin Tong still could not get over the hurdle in his heart.

But he never said anything. Cultivation is about cultivating the mind, and if he is impatient, it will naturally show on the surface.

Then he looked at Lu Chen again: "Is this the disciple of the Heavenly Master?"

"That's not true."

Kou Qianzhi smiled. "On the way, we encountered the pseudo-Xia army, which was slaughtering the fleeing people. I saved this man. After asking him, I found out that he was from the pseudo-Song Dynasty. He said he came to Zhongnan Mountain to seek immortals and ask about the Dao. I guess he must have heard of Lou Guanzhi's name. I thought it was on the way, so I brought him along."

"I see."

Ma Jian just glanced at Lu Chen and stopped paying attention to him.

The Louguan Dao lineage has always been passed down from one person to another.

He had already accepted Yin Tong as his disciple and had no plans to accept any more disciples, but he ignored Lu Chen's arrival.

Needless to say, Yin Tong was thinking of something at this moment. His brows were furrowed, and the look of disgust and rejection in his face became even more intense as he looked at Kou Qianzhi.

The hostility and malice towards Lu Chen also increased a lot in an instant.

"You think I'm a spy, don't you?"

How could Lu Chen not understand that he was being misunderstood?

It was normal. After all, he was the one brought by his enemy. Besides, everyone knew that Louguan Dao was the hidden branch of Taoism and the new Tianshi Dao was extremely ambitious. As soon as Kou Qianzhi came up, he brought someone with him and said that he was here to become a disciple.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like an attempt to spy on the inheritance of Louguan Taoism.

Seeing this, Lu Chen bowed his head immediately without waiting for Kou Qianzhi to reply: "I am Lu Ruchen, a poor Taoist. Nice to meet you fellow Taoists."

His action made the three of them a little stunned.

Kou Qianzhi frowned, Yin Tong was puzzled, and Ma Jian's eyes flickered. He then returned the greeting and asked, "So you are a fellow cultivator. Which lineage did you learn from?"

Without waiting for Lu Chen to reply, Kou Qianzhi took the lead and said, "Fellow Daoist Ma, you misunderstood. This kid is just a playboy. Where did he get his master from?"

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Chen and said unkindly, "Aren't you called Lu Xiuchen? The son of the Lu family who moved east from Wuxing?"

Logically speaking, Lu Chen has no master and no Taoist book, so if he introduces himself, he must add a prefix in front of it.

For example, the Lu family who moved east from Wuxing, and if they have a master, they would introduce themselves as the disciple of a certain Taoist, a certain immortal, or a magician.

For example, when the predecessor was rescued by Kou Qianzhi, the self-introduction was the same as the former.

And now Lu Chen's self-introduction, firstly, did not mention the name of his secular sect, and secondly, did not mention his inherited Taoist tradition. This made people seem a little confused.

Kou Qianzhi even thought that Lu Chen was suspected of deceiving him, so his tone was naturally unfriendly.

Lu Chen's heart was moved, and he chuckled and said, "When I first met you, I didn't know your name, so I concealed something. Please don't blame me, Master Kou. I am indeed a Taoist, but like the two Taoist priests of Louguan Dao, I am also a hidden lineage, inherited from the lineage of Emperor Donghua Shaoyang during the Han Dynasty."

Emperor Donghua Shaoyang, whose real name was Wang Xuanfu, was a Taoist priest during the Han Dynasty.

He is defined as the founder of Quanzhen Taoism in the modern Quanzhen Taoism and the first generation ancestor of Northern Quanzhen.

As for the name of Patriarch Subhuti, it cannot be spoken out at the moment. When you hear it, you know it is a Buddhist name.

Whether it is Louguan Dao or Kou Qianzhi's new Tianshi Dao, they both deeply hate Buddhism.

The Louguan Daoist tradition originated from Guan Yinxi, the son of Wenshi Zhenren. The most revered story among them is "Laozi's conversion to Buddhism", and the most revered book in the sect is "Laozi's conversion to Buddhism".

Looking at the history of the inheritance of Louguan Taoism, whenever it emerged, it was always competing with Buddhism and was always at the forefront of the fight against Buddhism.

Needless to say, the Northern Wei emperor who single-handedly pushed Kou Qianzhi's New Tianshi Dao to the highest altar was none other than the famous Northern Wei Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, one of the Three Wus and One Zong, who all achieved the achievement of "Master of Destroying Buddhism"!
Reveal possible Buddhist connections in front of them?

Isn't this just asking for a beating?
But since he had decided to present himself as a Taoist, he couldn't cause any bad feelings among the three people, so he could only invite Emperor Donghua Shaoyang to come out.

After all, the Taihe Mountain lineage is actually considered his Taoist lineage, and its status is even higher than that of the Zhenwu Emperor!
And the master who protected his Emperor Shaohao was also known as Emperor Donghua.

Although Taoist Guangdao said that he had not found the true origin of Emperor Donghua, I am afraid that Emperor Shaohao’s master, Emperor Donghua, was not Wang Xuanpu.

However, it would not be a harm to use the Emperor Donghua Shaoyang, whose name is similar to that of Emperor Donghua.

After all, I wasn't wrong.

His cultivation philosophy is very similar to that of the Quanzhen lineage. He also absorbed a lot of Quanzhen concepts in Taihe Mountain. It is not wrong to say that it is the Taoist tradition of Emperor Donghua Shaoyang. In any case, it is close to it.

However, even though he mentioned the name of the sect, the three people in front of him all looked confused.

"Who is Emperor Donghua Shaoyang?" Ma Jian was the first to speak.

The other two also looked at Lu Chen, wanting to listen to what he said carefully.

Especially Kou Qianzhi, his eyes flickered.

If a Taoist deity who had never been heard of could be incorporated into his new Tianshi Dao, he would be able to stand out a lot.

Of course, this sacred being cannot just appear out of nowhere without any background; he must have a source.

Although his new Tianshi Dao was just a start-up, not every god could be placed on the altar.

　I have been in seclusion these days. I have not been in the group and I have not read the comments. I have been checking the classics and sorting out the Taoist heritage and historical characteristics during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although I am writing about Calabash Brothers, as with Journey to the West, the most important thing is inheritance and practice. It is definitely not a magical modification. I will go to Calabash Mountain and fight with snake spirits. Baisui likes to refine mythological stories and insert these seemingly vague mythological stories into ancient history to give them a clear worldview and origin. There is no Taoism in the world of Journey to the West, so there are no rules when practicing in the fairy palace. The Southern and Northern Dynasties was an era when Taoism began to truly integrate and innovate. This is why Baisui placed this copy at this time point. Let me say here that Baisui is not a historian, and there may be some places in the middle that do not match the history. After all, it is a parallel world. The timeline and storyline of this book should be the standard. Of course, Baisui has tried to arrange it as reasonably as possible. If you have any questions, please raise them and Baisui will modify it as appropriate.

　　
　
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