Pawn Crossing the River

Where to find this ancient pseudo-ascension ritual?

The book doesn't say that.

There is no record of it in the Taoist classics, and it may have been lost in the long river of time.

Maybe Wu Luo knows, the Li family knows, and the Yao family also knows, but they will definitely not tell Qi Xuansu.

Wait a moment.

Qi Xuansu suddenly thought of something. The Li family knows that the basis for the judgment is that the Li family has the inheritance of Xuansheng and has the "Heart of the Immortal Stone", and they have studied this very deeply. The Yao family also knows because they have the blood of a great witch and are the heirs of the orthodox witch religion.

So does the Zhang family, which is also one of the three major families, know?

Only one of the three families knows some secrets, which is actually normal. Everyone has some secrets that only they know.

But if two of the three knew about it, but only one didn't, it wouldn't make sense.

Since someone else already knew it, and he was not the only one, it wasn't considered a secret. Neither of the two families had much incentive to keep it secret. The third family could easily find out, making it a consensus that everyone knew.

More importantly, the ancestor of the Zhang family, Zu Tianshi, led Zhengyi to destroy the witch sect and shattered the Lingshan Cave.

If ancient witchcraft is regarded as a country, then Lingshan Cave Heaven is the capital. Zhengyi was the first army to invade the capital and massacred all the great witches inside. All kinds of things in it naturally fell into the hands of Zhengyi and the Zhang family. It would be unreasonable to say that the Zhang family didn't know the secrets of the ancient witchcraft.

It can be inferred from this that the Zhang family must know the inside story.

If we can't ask for help from the Yao family, we can't ask for help from the Li family, can we ask for help from the Zhang family?

Of course!

Qi Xuansu is the prospective son-in-law of the Zhang family, and Zhang Yuelu is the third-generation leader of the Zhang family appointed by the Heavenly Master. It is impossible for the Heavenly Master to bring these secrets to heaven and must be told to Zhang Yuelu.

Qi Xuansu thought of this, put the book back to its original place, used the C-level authority, summoned the machine puppet, and ordered: "Clean up my relevant traces."

The agency guard's eyes flashed with clear light, and he nodded very humanely: "Yes."

However, Qi Xuansu also knew that if the Earth Master really wanted to know what happened, his C-level authority would definitely not be able to hide it. This kind of agency puppet must give priority to obeying higher-level authority.

Now he seriously suspected that it was not Yao Pei who leaked the secret, but this iron shell. Maybe its eyes were "image stones" that recorded everything that happened that day. Afterwards, Master Shi Da checked the relevant records and found out I learned about the "Master Heren of Jianxiu Mountain".

Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu kicked the big iron block angrily: "Go ahead."

One has a warrior physique, and the other has iron skin and bones. The sound is like the sound of a bell, and no one feels any pain.

The mechanism puppet naturally won't be angry and just turns around and leaves.

When Qi Xuansu left Tianshui Yixinlou, it was already bright. He simply didn't go back to his residence and went directly to class.

When Qi Xuansu came to the teaching building, Zhang Yuelu had already arrived, and there was an empty seat next to her, which was reserved for Qi Xuansu.

Although everyone is classmates, except for Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, the others are all seventh-generation disciples, the older generation who are serious and occupy high positions. They are people who want face. The Taoist sect does not promote the reputation of Westerners. For the sake of openness, it is actually a frivolous style, so no one will step in at this time and stage a show to provoke Qi Xuansu - that is a trick that young people like to play.

Nowadays, Qi Xuansu rarely sees young people of the same age around him, except for Taoist Sanxiu and Chen Jianchou, that is, Li Zhuyu counts one, Chen Jianqiu counts one, and Ke Qingqing counts one. And the higher up, the more strict the hierarchy. Those jealous scenes are getting further and further away from Qi Xuansu.

Are you really so easy to offend? What is the equality of Taoism? Don't pretend to be outsiders, you understand.

Especially after Li Tianzhen was humiliated by Qi Xuansu, no one dared to get into trouble.

After Qi Xuansu sat down, he still felt a little strange.

When I was studying in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, I was always next to a boy like Mo Qingdi, but there was no such a beautiful girl, so the bad luck fell on this boy.

Zhang Yuelu asked in a low voice: "Did you really go to Tianshui Yixinlou last night?"

Qi Xuansu waved the jade plaque in his hand: "Principal from Master Shi Da."

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said nothing more.

Not long after, Master Jiang Da walked in.

Everyone stood up and saluted.

There are only twenty students this time, but they come from all walks of life. Some come from aristocratic families, some come from poor families. They all come up through hard work and have real abilities. Many of them have a certain degree of arrogance.

What haven't I seen? What do not you get? He also taught me lessons with small lessons. It's just a matter of procedure.

So Daomen directly sent Pingzhang Daren over.

I was convinced at once.

There is no arrogance left.

Speeches are also lectures, lectures are also lectures, they are all lectures anyway, everyone just listens, what else can be said.

On the first day, Master Jiang Dazhen talked about "On the Cultivation of Taoist Priests." The next day, Ning Zhangtang gave a "Report on the Situation between East and West". On the third day, Shi Daren talked about "Today's Economic and Political Leaders of Taoist Sect". On the fourth day, Sun Hewu talked about "The Future Development of the Eastern World." On the fifth day, the Celestial Master came to give a lecture in person, but the topic was undecided, and it was likely that the Celestial Master improvised.

The Celestial Master has a lot of teaching experience, because the Earth Master has never been involved in this kind of thing. Usually the Celestial Master and the National Master come in turns. Now that the National Master is the rotating Great Master, he has no time to do it, so naturally the Celestial Master comes. What's more, Zhang Yuelu is also here.

This gave Qi Xuansu an opportunity.

He was just about to sleep when a pillow was brought to him. He was just about to know the way to ascend to heaven in the ancient witch religion, and the Heavenly Master came.

Unlike other real people, Qi Xuansu was still very accustomed to this kind of study life, after all, it had only been a few years. Other real people were different. They were not promoted as quickly as Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu. They were promoted to the fourth-rank Taoist priest more than ten years ago or even decades ago. They had long forgotten it. Without secretaries and followers, they had to do everything by themselves, which was not accustomed to them.

In a blink of an eye, the fifth day arrived.

The Heavenly Master came to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace.

However, the Heavenly Master was very low-key. He did not ride the extremely ostentatious "Yinglong", but just an ordinary flying boat. The ordinary students in the lower palace had no idea that such a big man had come to the Wanxiang Taoist Palace.

After the Heavenly Master arrived, he did not simply give a lecture, but chose a topic for everyone to discuss freely.

The topic was "power".

The Heavenly Master said: "When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. I will choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. A Westerner said that the world faces four threats."

"The first is the desire of the strong for power concentration."

"The second is the resentment of the poor for wealth inequality."

"The third is the yearning of ignorant people for heaven on earth."

"The fourth is that people without faith arbitrarily confuse freedom with indulgence."

"His words make some sense but cannot be regarded as the truth. Some of them we do not agree with, such as the second point, why shouldn't the poor resent wealth inequality? Is it just Do you deserve to be poor? It is obviously inappropriate and incorrect to classify the dissatisfaction of the poor with wealth inequality as a threat. Are there any different kinds of kings, princes, generals and ministers? At least this is up for discussion. There is also a fourth point, what is a person without faith? Do you have to believe in the only god of the Westerners? Does not believing mean having no faith? Westerners regard people with other beliefs as having no faith. Isn't this a threat? So this is also up for discussion. "Today, we focus on the first point, the strongman's extreme desire for power concentration." This is undoubtedly a very sensitive topic. Since ancient times, the idea that there is no two suns in the sky has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, which is the high concentration of power. Looking at the Taoist sect, the five generations of great masters pushed it to the peak, and it collapsed during the period of the six generations of great masters. Judging from the actions of the three masters, they are undoubtedly opposed to the high concentration of power, but they have to admit that they all desire the high concentration of power, but the person who holds the power must be themselves. At this moment, the competition for the seventh generation of great masters is about to take place. How should this question be answered correctly? Most real people are masters of public cultivation. Of course, they do it in the most stable and correct way. It is nothing more than the old tricks. Power needs to be checked and balanced, and power needs to be caged.

When it was Qi Xuansu's turn to speak, Qi Xuansu hadn't figured out the problem, so he could only say: "I think that the current situation where everyone is looking forward to a wise ruler and a great judge is caused by the high concentration of power. Those who hold power hold everything, and others can only hope that those who hold power can distinguish right from wrong, be fair and honest, and have superior abilities to protect their own interests. If you meet the right person, highly concentrated power can burst out with tremendous power and dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky. But if you meet the wrong person, you will be doomed and fall into unprecedented chaos. How to decide who will hold highly concentrated power is obviously very critical and important."

"I am deeply touched on this point. How do Wang Jiaohe and Chen Shuhua hold power? Does it mean that checks and balances and supervision fail? This requires us to think deeply."

"We often say that we need to change Taoism and clean up the world and people's hearts. How to change Taoism and clean up the world and people's hearts may start from this aspect."

This answer is quite standard, and the Heavenly Master did not comment too much.

In fact, Qi Xuansu guessed that the Heavenly Master was hinting that the Li family's attempt to inherit the position of the Grand Master was a strong man's extreme desire for power concentration, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, because that would bring disaster upon himself. The Heavenly Master didn't want to publicly criticize the Li family, but just planted a seed, acted as a guide, and made a move.

After the class, Qi Xuansu hurriedly took Zhang Yuelu to see the Heavenly Master.

The Heavenly Master came once, and he wouldn't leave on the same day. He would teach again tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow.

Of course, the Heavenly Master was not someone you could meet casually, but that was another story with Zhang Yuelu here.

When Tang Jiahua saw Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, he smiled and said, "The old man was just asking me to invite you two, and you came here first because you foresaw the future."