The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 216 Targeting Shangqing! Dynasty Luck (asking for monthly votes)
In order to prove the legitimacy of "Li Hong as king", some master of Li family Taoism even wrote a scripture for this purpose, called "Laojun Changeless Scripture", which said: "Laojun changed his body shape and appeared in the Hu people to write the true scripture. The Hu people were subdued and the Taoist spirit was prosperous. They were lucky at any time. In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, Muzi's surname was Gongkou and he lived in Chengdu Palace in Shu County."

There were too many rebellions and many dynasties suppressed them. As a result, the once prosperous Li family fell into decline, but it was like a thousand-legged insect that would not die even after its death!
Every time it comes back to life.

For example, Brother Li Dao in front of Wang Xu was a practitioner of Li Jiadao. However, after the establishment of the Liu Song Dynasty, Li Jiadao was severely cracked down on, so he could only preach as a Taoist of Tianshi Dao.

Seeing Wang Xu apologize, Brother Li looked around with a guilty conscience.

Fortunately, they are now at the feet of the emperor, and with the dynasty's luck, no one can release their divine thoughts, and the supernatural powers naturally disappear, and no one can hear what the two are saying.

Seeing this, Brother Li whispered to Wang Xu, "I heard that a mortal immortal appeared in Yuzhang, and the emperor sent a eunuch there. That eunuch spoke rudely, and ended up dying of illness in the Yuzhang governor's mansion that night. Tsk tsk."

"What!? Died of illness?"

Wang Xu's eyes widened: "Who is so bold as to kill an angel without permission?"

Brother Li Dao said, "Didn't you see that those present here are all branches of several major Taoist sects? Whether it's your Qingshui Sect, my Li... ahem, my Tianshi Sect, look at the other sects around us, the Yujun Sect, the Chongxuan Sect, the Lingbao Sect's branch Shengxuan Sect, the Gaoxuan Sect, the Sanhuang Sect, and the Bo Family Sect's branch... and those branches of Buddhism, how many of them can represent the main branch? Let me teach you a lesson, that seemingly newly-appointed Shangqing Dao master, didn't you see that none of the current Shangqing branches were called? I'm afraid that our little emperor might want to take action against the Shangqing Sect..."

Wang Xu's body trembled. "Fight with Shangqing Sect? What's the point of calling us branches? Either call on the major main sects, or the army directly attacks the border. What does this have to do with us?"

"Do you think the emperor didn't yell?"

Brother Li sneered and said, "I'm afraid those main branches know what's going on. If they just make a few excuses, the emperor won't be able to say anything. After all, don't we still have the branches here?"

Wang Xu wanted to ask something else, but at this moment an old eunuch came out from the palace gate leading a group of eunuchs.

After the old eunuch took a look around, he chuckled and said, "Masters and Taoist priests, I need to check your names. I hope you can forgive me."

He said he was sorry, but his actions showed no sign of forgiveness. He raised his arm and hooked his finger: "Go, check your identity details with the Taoist masters."

Then, the eunuchs behind him came over, each holding a sign.

The eunuch in charge raised a sign and shouted, "Qingyuan Temple, Master Yuanzhu."

Qingyuan Temple was the largest temple in Jiankang City and also the largest temple south of the Yangtze River before Donglin Temple was built.

Daosheng once lived here. He had a debate with Liu Yu about Buddhism, but was expelled from the temple because of his words "all living beings can become Buddhas".

A middle-aged monk came out and clasped his hands together: "I am Yuandun, the junior fellow apprentice of Yuanzhu. My senior apprentice has caught a cold these days, and I am afraid that he may infect the Emperor, so I asked this monk to meet His Majesty on his behalf."

"is it?"

The old eunuch smiled with a fake smile and said, "I will report the truth."

Yuan Dun had a blank expression on his face and said nothing as he followed the eunuch into the palace.

Seeing this, the old eunuch said no more and waved his hand, "Continue!"

The second eunuch stepped forward and shouted, "Tianshi Dao, Zhang Jiao Tianshi!"

"Ugh."

Brother Li shook his head helplessly, straightened his clothes, and stepped forward to kowtow: "I am Li Shen, the Heavenly Master. The Heavenly Master is still in Longhu Mountain. The journey is long, so I cannot come. I hope you can forgive me..."

"No problem! Keep going!"

"Lingbao Sect, Taoist Master Xu Lingqi..."

"I am a poor Taoist. My master is in Yuzhang City and has no time to come..."

"..."

One by one, the eunuchs shouted, and without exception, almost all of the top ten names were not there!
They are either junior fellow students or apprentices, and none of them are the real ones. Even the so-called "junior fellow students" and "apprentice" are probably added temporarily, and they can be regarded as "temporary workers" without a regular position.

However, when it came to the Buddhist branches of small Taoist sects like Wang Xu, this situation deteriorated sharply.

Those who dare to come without the imperial edict are all top cultivators in the world, or at least Yuanshen Zhenren, who come and go without a trace. As long as they do not come to Jiankang City, they do not have to worry about being suppressed by luck, nor do they have to worry about being surrounded and killed by the army.

They would not allow the Liu Song Dynasty to send a large army to surround and kill them.

But the small branches below are different.

Without the support of a real Yuanshen, an army of hundreds of people, with one or two great scholars following the army, can destroy a small branch. Therefore, those who come are people like the sect masters, Taoist masters, and faction masters. At the very least, they are all people who have a say in each sect.

Afterwards, these Taoists and monks were brought into the palace by eunuchs one by one. After being summoned by the chief eunuch, they lined up in two rows and entered the Ziwei Palace to meet the emperor.

After more than half an hour, they finally came out one by one.

Everyone was sweating profusely.

Wang Xu came up to Li Shen and asked quietly, "Brother Li, what do you think?"

Li Shen shook his head helplessly and said, "The little emperor is really angry... This matter is not something you and I can decide. It still depends on what the main branches do."

Wang Xu was worried when he heard this.

Just as they expected, the questions the emperor asked were all related to the Shangqing Sect.

Although he did not explicitly ask them to target the Shangqing Sect, the implication was that this was what he meant.

Something like 'internal strife in the Shangqing sect, a wild Taoist priest came from nowhere and occupied a high position', or 'the world is vast, Taoism and Buddhism are one, there are always one or two ignorant people'.

Do I need to make this clear?

This is clearly a way for people to take their positions!

Li Shen is now under the Tianshi Dao, and he can report any matters to Longhu Mountain.

The decision-making problem can be completely pushed onto the old Taoist priest of Mount Longhu. With the old Taoist priest in charge, even the emperor has to give him some face.

And which big leg should they cling to in Qingshuidao?

Do we have to follow the same path as the Li family and directly join other major sects?

However, as the direct descendant of Qingshui Dao and the great-grandson of Puyang Zhenren, Wang Xu really didn't want to do this.

If he gave up the name of Qingshui Dao, then Qingshui Dao would disappear completely. How would he meet the ancestors of Qingshui Dao a hundred years later?

With this worry in mind, Wang Xu returned to Puyang Temple on Qingshui Road.

There are only seven or eight disciples in the Qingshui Puyang Taoist Temple nowadays. There are not many who have high cultivation levels, and they are all at the level of refiners.

Compared to those great meridians, it is nothing.

After Wang Xu entered the Taoist temple, he called his son and eldest disciple Wang Daoyi over, told him what had happened, and asked for his opinion.

He was unwilling to surrender Qingshui Dao to other sects, which was also related to his son.

His son, Wang Daoyi, has the appearance of a primordial spirit!

Wang Daoyi thought for a moment and said, "Father, we cannot fight the Shangqing Sect. The Shangqing Sect has many branches, and over the generations, the disciples are spread all over the place. Now there is a new Taoist master who is at least above the Yuanshen Zhenren. Even if we kill the new Taoist master of the Shangqing Sect, we cannot destroy the Shangqing Sect."

Wang Xu sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? The imperial court is not afraid. But if we, the small sects, are retaliated against, who will speak for us? However...according to the young emperor's intention, all sects must contribute. Otherwise...Alas, it will be difficult for us, the Qingshui Sect, to gain a foothold in Jiankang City."

Wang Daoyi said: "Father, if the court won't let us gain a foothold, then can't we just not gain a foothold?"

Wang Xu looked doubtful: "But... this is our ancestral property of Qingshui Dao."

"This is just the ancestral property left by Master Puyang."

Wang Daoyi was quite open-minded: "Daoyi once heard a common saying, which makes a lot of sense. It says, if a tree is moved, it will die, but if a person is moved, he will live. The world is so big, where can we not go? After the death of our founder in Puyang, we in Qingshui Dao have been struggling to survive in Jiankang. In this case, why don't we move away from here, away from all the troubles, and start over?"

"This……"

Wang Xu did not refute, and was obviously moved by what he said.

Wang Daoyi saw this and immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Father, you said that our Qingshui Dao is like water, which does nothing but follows nature. Since this place doesn't want us to stay, why should we stay here? I know a place to go, that is, Mount Guye, which is a picturesque place. Moreover, there are no Taoist sects settled there, and everyone is a free cultivator, free and easy. Why don't we go there?"

Wang Xu thought for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said, "If that's the case... well! You take your fellow apprentices with you first, and I'll take care of everything here, then I'll go and join you guys."

Wang Daoyi nodded immediately: "I will go and inform my fellow apprentices."

Wang Xu made up his mind and did not change it. He said, "It is better to do this sooner rather than later. You can pack up and leave today."

"Okay, Father."

……

In the sky, a strange cloud was moving straight towards Jiankang City!
At this moment, above the invisible Jiankang City, a four-clawed dragon bared its fangs and roared at the cloud.

The sky over Jiankang City was suddenly covered with dark clouds, as if a heavy rain was about to come.

"What a great dynasty fortune."

Lu Chen stopped the cloud under his feet and looked at the golden dragon of the Liu Song Dynasty in front of him with a frown.

The spiritual power in his body was suppressed at this moment.

People have qi and luck. When the two are combined into one, they become qi and luck. The luck of a dynasty is the gathering of the luck of countless people who identify with the dynasty within the country.

One person is weak, but ten thousand people are strong.

The same is true for destiny. When a country's scale changes, it also changes from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Before the Zhou Dynasty, there was individual luck, but no group luck.

Qin Shi Huang, with the remaining strength of nine generations, swept across the world and unified the eight wildernesses.

The vastness of the territory and the number of people are the largest in history!

Especially when Qin Shihuang created the imperial system, the wheels of the vehicles were standardized, the writing system was standardized, counties were spread all over the country, and countless people identified themselves as Qin people. From this quantitative change began, and the golden dragon of national destiny came into being.

Since then, it has been difficult for gods, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and demons to harm the emperor, who was originally an ordinary individual. During the Qin Shihuang period, there were cave-heaven practitioners such as Anqisheng, Xu Fu and Lu Sheng who wanted to usurp the Qin Dynasty, but they were eventually discovered by the Qin Emperor, and then what was later called "burning books and burying scholars" occurred.

Of course, history is a little oil painting man, and only God knows what it will look like in the end.

Seeing the golden dragon of national destiny blocking the way, Lu Chen did not force his way in. He could not force his way in, so he let the cloud drop down and walked in through the Jiankang city gate.

As soon as he entered Jiankang City, Lu Chen felt a binding force that locked his soul and magic power tightly in his body.

Just as Lu Chen's soul showed signs of struggling, the golden dragon of luck in the void suddenly reappeared, with its head in the air, staring at Lu Chen with eager eyes.

It seemed as if he would immediately come down and beat Lu Chen to death if he dared to move again.

A clear light emanated from the Nine Elders Immortal Seal in his arms and flew out quietly, but the Golden Dragon of National Destiny directly slapped it down with one claw. The Nine Elders Immortal Seal wailed, and the clear light dissipated and returned to Lu Chen's arms.

Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but shrink slightly.

The Nine Elders Immortal Capital Seal is the Shangqing Sect's spiritual treasure, but it is not as powerful as the claw of the Golden Dragon of National Destiny? !
"I have always heard about the dynasty's fortune. Now it seems that it is indeed extraordinary. Even the Nine Elders' Seal is not a place that can be contained in one box. I am afraid that my spiritual power will be suppressed and I cannot move at all."

Lu Chen's eyes were deep and he suppressed his desire to resist.

"My current spiritual power is probably not much worse than that of an ordinary immortal. If other immortals come, I will probably become an ordinary person. I want to resist, but I don't think I can defeat the golden dragon of luck guarding the imperial capital. It will only take one claw."

Lu Chen somewhat understood why, although the situation was chaotic and there were many countries, no one hired a Taoist master to choose a decapitation operation.

In Xunyang Prefecture's Mansion, Lu Chen also felt the suppression of the power of luck, but the luck of the dynasty at that time was controlled by Zhang Jiao, who had no ill will towards Lu Chen, so although there was a feeling of being suppressed, it was not much.

When he was in Yuzhang, with the presence of King Jiangxia Liu Yigong, Lu Chen also sensed the power of the dynasty's destiny, but he did not follow it too closely and did not fully understand it.

After all, the fortune of these dynasties did not cover a single city, or to be more precise, the fortune of these dynasties was not very strong.

But Jiankang is different. As the imperial capital of the Liu Song Dynasty, it is the core and the place where the vitality and destiny of the people of the Liu Song Dynasty converge.

As long as the monks enter the city, they will be suppressed by the national destiny of the Liu Song Dynasty!
Now Lu Chen has some understanding of why Ji was killed by Sun Ce.

Although Sun Ce did not proclaim himself emperor at the beginning, he was also a separatist lord, and at least as powerful as a tiger or a wolf. Under the suppression of luck, Yu Ji was able to strike back at Sun Ce, which was already very remarkable.

The fortune of the current Liu Song Dynasty is even stronger than that of the Sun Ce period. No real soul can use any extraordinary power at all. Even Lu Chen believes that even if the Taoist Immortal comes with only his soul, he may be defeated.

However, the Golden Dragon of Luck only has an obvious backlash effect on the spiritual power, but it cannot restrict too much of the practitioner's physical strength.

Of course, there are not many practitioners who cultivate their physical bodies.

Even ordinary martial artists need the blessing of true Qi.

But Lu Chen was an accident.

His physical body is not much worse than his inner cultivation!
Lu Chen withdrew his gaze from the Golden Dragon of Luck. Without using his spiritual power, the Golden Dragon of Luck could not do anything to him.

only……

"Where should I go?"

Lu Chen was a little confused.

Once you get used to using your divine sense, you can know the approximate direction of wherever you are going by just using your divine sense.

Now that the power of the soul cannot be used, the divine consciousness naturally cannot be exerted.

I can only find someone to ask for directions.

At this moment, a few Taoists were walking towards the city gate, apparently trying to leave the city.

Lu Chen stepped forward and bowed: "My fellow Taoists, I have just arrived in Jiankang City. I wonder which direction is the Imperial City?"

Wang Daoyi, who was stopped, bowed his head in return, looked Lu Chen up and down, and asked hesitantly: "Daoyou, are you from the Shangqing Sect?"

Tianshi, Lingbao and Shangqing are the few sects that have their own Taoist lineage and unique Taoist robes.

For example, the Taoist uniforms of their Qingshui Sect are imitations of the Taoist uniforms of the Tianshi Sect, but they are not well-known. People will only mistake them for Taoists, but their Taoist lineage cannot be recognized.

Lu Chen smiled and nodded: "That's right."

Upon hearing this, Wang Daoyi couldn't help but look around, then immediately leaned closer and whispered, "Daoyou should leave quickly. Jiankang doesn't welcome fellow Daoists from the Shangqing Sect right now."

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Why... why do you say that? I'm just here to find a friend."

"What kind of friends are you looking for? Why do you have to go to the Imperial City to find them?"

Wang Daoyi shook his head: "Listen to my advice, it's better to leave early."

Lu Chen just smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, just tell me where the Imperial City is."

Wang Daoyi pointed to the direction of the imperial palace helplessly and said, "It's over there. However, your friend invited you to meet him at the edge of the imperial city. He definitely didn't have good intentions."

Lu Chen looked at Wang Daoyi in surprise, but was not shocked. This was normal. He was the one who arranged for the killing of the imperial envoy sent by the emperor. It would be strange if the emperor was not angry with him.

What surprised him was that Wang Daoyi, a stranger to him, was willing to take the risk to tell him and let him leave.

"Where are you going, fellow Daoist?" Lu Chen asked.

Wang Daoyi's expression stiffened for a moment: "Well, nothing, I'm going out of town to visit a friend."

Lu Chen looked at the Taoist priests behind him, all of whom were dressed up with large and small bags. He had almost figured out what had happened. He smiled and said, "It's very chaotic outside right now. It's not safe. I have drawn some Taoist talismans. You can take them, Taoist friend."

As he spoke, he took out some talisman paper and handed it to Wang Daoyi.

This can be regarded as repaying Wang Daoyi's reminder just now, although it is of no use to me.

Wang Daoyi wanted to refuse, but when he touched the talisman, his body shook.

This is not a fake, but the real thing. The power contained in it is even stronger than the talisman drawn by his father himself!
This made Wang Daoyi reluctant to refuse the talisman.

Lu Chen was already walking towards the direction of the palace. Wang Daoyi quickly turned around and shouted, "Daoyou, I don't know your Dao name yet."

The talisman drawn by Lu Chen is stronger than the one his father drew, so his cultivation must be strong. He thought that after his family settled down, he could find some stories about Lu Chen's name and write a biography for him, so that the gift of the talisman would not be in vain.

Lu Chen stopped, turned around and smiled: "Shangqing Sect, Taoist Ruchen."

Then he turned around and walked forward.

"Taoist Ruchen..."

Wang Daoyi felt that the name was somewhat familiar, but he didn't think much about it.

However, on the second day, after he heard what happened in the Jiankang Palace, he realized that Taoist Ruchen was the Taoist leader of the Shangqing Sect!

This meeting also left a deep impression on him.

Later, when he went to the Northern Wei Dynasty and joined the Louguan School, he heard the name of Lu Chen again. He began to collect information about Lu Chen and wrote his proudest work in his life - "Master Lu Talks about the Three Caves".

Of course, these are all things for later.

Lu Chen didn't know that the young Taoist priest he met casually on the road was Wang Daoyi, who would develop and expand Louguan Taoism in the future.

At this time, Lu Chen had already walked through several blocks and arrived at the palace.

Looking at the imperial guards patrolling outside the palace, Lu Chen walked over without hesitation.

"The palace is a forbidden area, no one is allowed to enter!"

The imperial guards in front also saw Lu Chen and shouted immediately.

These imperial guards were the elite troops who had followed Liu Yu in his campaigns. They were capable of guarding the gates of the imperial palace, and would be good hands even if they were placed in the secular world.

Third-rate or second-rate is not surprising. Any small leader would be a first-rate master in the real world.

Martial arts are just ordinary martial arts and are not suppressed by the destiny of a country.

Lu Chen seemed not to hear it and walked straight forward.

The leader of the imperial guards frowned and shouted, "Capture him!"

Several imperial guards immediately rushed towards Lu Chen to arrest him, but as soon as they touched Lu Chen's body, they flew backwards instantly.

And Lu Chen's footsteps did not pause at all.

"Archer!"

The leader of the imperial guards shouted at the city wall.

The Imperial Guards are worthy of being the Imperial Guards. The archers on the city wall had already drawn their bows and aimed at Lu Chen.

When Lu Chen stepped into the restricted area, the leader of the imperial guards shouted without hesitation: "Shoot!"

A rain of arrows fell from the sky towards Lu Chen!

……

Inside the palace, the young emperor was rubbing his brows, while below him, five ministers were arguing.

"The evil Shangqing sect killed angels without permission and disregarded the authority of heaven. They should be eliminated!"

"The Shangqing Sect is a Taoist sect, with monks and nuns. Their rules are different from those of ordinary people... Besides, it's not certain whether the eunuch Tian was killed by the Shangqing Sect. King Jiangxia just said that he died of an illness at night for no reason..."

"Haha, what a joke! It's really a huge joke! He had a conflict with Shangqing Sect the day before, and died of illness that night? How could it be such a coincidence? Who else could it be if not Shangqing Sect?"

　The time of Wang Daoyi's existence was mentioned a hundred years earlier. It was not written randomly without consulting the information, but just to set a foreshadowing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)