TaiHao

Nine cities in the north, Xuanhe Lizhu, six years have passed since Jiang Yuanchen's incarnation of the water god ordered the north to sort out the entire Lingzhou Shinto. Come if you like to play and watch. .

Guard the Northland and guard the dividing line between Yizhou and Lingzhou. Xuanhe has overall strategic significance. The Xuan River is not broken, and the northern land of Lingzhou is not lost.

On this day, a boy suddenly came to Longyuan Lake according to Taixu's decree. Now Longyuan Lake, as the source of Xuanhe River, is also the foundation of his water palace.

"Respecting Taixu's edict, Lord Longyuan Shui controls the Xuanhe River and protects the common people. He has done a great job. He is specially given the Golden Seal of Mountains and Rivers and is admitted to the Fuyun Palace." A boy took Xunyang's edict and sent him a gift. A seal.

Mountain and river seal! Jiang Yuanchen was shocked and quickly put away the seal and sent the boy away.

"Uncle Master actually gave me this thing?" The incarnation of the Water God returned to the Water Temple. After reading Xun Yang's letter, he began to practice the Mountain and River Seal.

The Mountain and River Seal is of great significance to the Taixu Taoist Sect, because this object is the foundation for the Taixu Taoist sect to govern the gods. Therefore, a specialized monk is needed to guard the Mountain and River Palace, preside over the Mountain and River Seal, and be responsible for the sacrificial canonization of the gods.

This person must be a core disciple! Wei Hong and Liu Kai were originally in charge, but now Liu Kai felt that the Beidi group had gained insights and improved their cultivation and entered seclusion. Several other eighth-generation disciples, Chen Hao, were reincarnated, Sikong Changming was in seclusion, and Sun Kang went out to travel, so he could only It continues to pass on.

Among the nine generations, Jiang Yuanchen happened to have the highest level of cultivation and the incarnation of the Water God, so Xun Yang simply gave this thing to him and ordered him to try to sense the location of Fuyun Shrine.

Fuyun Shrine is what Master Jingyuan originally said that Jiang Yuanchen could sense. The shrine is essentially the remains of the heavenly palace opened by Juyan God in the past. It was taken over by the Taixu Taoist Sect and rebuilt into a shrine. The original intention was to use the shrine as the spiritual center of a place to regulate the vitality of the mountains and rivers, but later it was discovered that no one could sit in it. Because it requires a monk who is at least the Xuanguang level to lord the temple, and it also needs to match the path he chooses and get rid of the power of suppression.

So later, the method of Shanhe Palace came into being, and Lingzhou was divided into three regions. The core area, the sect area and the wilderness area. If someone lords over the shrine and controls the entire Shinto system in Lingzhou, then as long as a god does evil, it can be detected in an instant, instead of needing to send disciples to travel to Lingzhou from time to time, and even control over Lingzhou will be stronger.

Now that Lingzhou has the movement of the Nine Provinces Dragon Veins, there are more places that need to be guarded against. Jiang Yuanchen's water god incarnation happens to be suitable for this. After the three of them combined, Jiang Yuanchen was asked to try his luck. And handed over the Mountain and River Seal to Jiang Yuanchen.

People's hearts are secretive, and others might worry about betraying the master, but Jiang Yuanchen's true body grew up in Zixia Cave. There is a connection somewhere. If Jiang Yuanchen wants to persecute Daozong, his own luck will fall accordingly.

"But what Uncle Master means is that since I am in charge of the Mountains and Rivers Seal, I need to let go temporarily and concentrate on going to Langhuan Hall to be an elder in charge of rituals?"

Now that Jiang Yuanchen has been in the outer sect for exactly thirty years, he also received a decree from Xun Yang asking him to go to Langhuan Hall to hand over. Leave the outer door to Chu Chaoyun.

Feilong, who was eating and drinking on the side, saw Jiang Yuanchen meditating on the decree. He reached out and grabbed the decree, regardless of the greasiness on his hands: "Elder in charge of ceremonies? Are you going to be promoted?"

"It's not a promotion. Should it be a level promotion? Or is it still a decline?" Jiang Yuanchen said.

The three types of elders in Langhuan Palace preach. Performing meritorious services and performing rituals, the position of preaching elder is the most honorable. After all, they are responsible for teaching disciples and have many contact opportunities, while the ritual elders are only responsible for sacrificial rituals, which can be regarded as a leisure position.

This is a trade-off. Now that Jiang Yuanchen controls the great weapon of the Mountain and River Seal, of course he will not be allowed to have a foundation in the outer sect. He was directly transferred to Langhuan Hall to be responsible for ritual sacrifices. He could also be responsible for offering sacrifices to the gods and judging good and evil.

"Oh?" Feilong, whose mouth was full of oil while holding a snake meat bun, certainly couldn't guess Jiang Yuanchen's thoughts. He has been in contact with Elder Cao and Chu Chaoyun all the year round. There is no pressure to be obese. After washing and dressing up, he is still a handsome and strong red-haired young man.

He wiped the corner of his mouth, summoned the water ball to wash up, then patted Jiang Yuanchen on the back, Feilong said: "I've been practicing magic weapons for the past two days, I'll go with you!"

Kicking away the Feilong wrapped around his body, Jiang Yuanchen looked helpless, shook his head and walked towards Langhuan Palace.

When they arrived at Langhuan Hall, Fu Ming was sorting out Taoist scriptures on the second floor, and Jiang Yuanchen and his two men were waiting below. It happened that Ge Tianying was also here. Ge Tianying was also stunned and said with a smile: "The nephew also came to meet Uncle Fu Ming to hand over?"

Jiang Yuanchen saw the jade plaque on Ge Tianying's body and said clearly: "Master uncle also wants to be the elder in charge of rituals?"

"Yes, now that Dao Sect is slowly recovering its vitality and the number of Jindan monks is slowly increasing, I'm afraid the head brother means to fill one palace, three palaces and thirty-three elders."

"Your generation is also lucky." Ge Tianying said while waiting for Fu Ming: "In our generation, when Head Ning was in charge of the legal system, the six great elders of Chunyang Palace were all disciples of the sixth generation, and the twenty-seven elders of the three palaces were Most of them are seventh-generation core disciples, and only a few are inner disciples, all of whom are sixth or seventh-generation disciples. None of our eighth-generation disciples occupy high positions at all."

Jiang Yuanchen was dumbfounded. Yes, they could be said to have been influenced by the demonic calamity. After the demonic tribulation, the Taoist sect was empty, and even the real people began to reveal their hidden secrets frequently to give them guidance. At that time, when I was a disciple of the Eighth Generation, there was no hope at all. Meet a real person? It’s hard to find guidance from an elder. There are more than 20 core disciples, including many candidates for true inheritance. How can Jiang Yuanchen and others be given full guidance from the elders from the beginning?

"When there are more people, there are factions. As the leader, Senior Brother Xun Yang happens to have no fights after the Demonic Tribulation, but as for the next generation -"

"You two are here." Fu Ming walked down from the second floor and interrupted Ge Tianying. But Jiang Yuanchen also guessed what he was going to say. Isn't this the battle between the disciples of their generation?

The inheritance model of Taixu Taoism is a "big classroom", but this does not mean that there is no inheritance from master to disciple. Wei Hong and Liu Kai were masters and apprentices, and Li Wen was Xun Yang's direct disciple. It's just that there were only five disciples of the eighth generation left. Chen Hao and Sun Kang didn't like to accept disciples, and Sikong Changming was busy recovering from his injuries. Therefore, among the disciples of this generation, only Li Wen has a clear lineage, and the others are still recorded under the name of the former chief of the eighth generation. .

But a hundred years later, when the nine generations of disciples had grown up, there were at least twenty core disciples. Then the tenth generation disciples can worship them. At this time, the relationship between the disciples is definitely not as good as that of Jiang Yuanchen and others. Even the current disciples of Lingyun Peak are beginning to have friction. Because there are so many people, they are far less than when Jiang Yuanchen first started. Furthermore, don’t forget, didn’t they also have Zhu Chunzheng and Tao Yuan during that time?

Fu Ming changed the jade plaques for the two of them, and said: "You two will be in charge of rituals and sacrifices in the future, so go to the sacrifice hall to choose the sacrificial vessels yourself."

The Sacrifice Hall is the ritual and ritual place of Taixu Taoist Sect. Feilong was waiting outside the door, and the two entered the sacrificial hall to practice with the jade tablets. In the future, if anyone wants to enter this place, they will need their jade tablets and seals.

The Yuanyang Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Tianyang Immortal Lord, and it is also the key for Taixu Taoist Sect to promote its legitimacy. Although the monks do not celebrate it every year, they will hold a ceremony to celebrate it every once in a while. In addition, there are sacrifices to the gods, rewards and punishments, divination of bad luck, and sect rules and etiquette that need to be checked and discussed by the three elders.

Jiang Yuanchen and Ge Tianying now entered the ceremony and saw only eight sacrificial utensils placed in the center of the ceremony.

"The jade ruler that records the rules of the sect, the pure Yang jade ring that presides over the Yuanyang sacrificial hall, the Yuanjie staff that is responsible for rewarding and punishing the gods, and the Xuanguang mirror that performs divination..."

The two of them looked at the eight sacrificial vessels, and Ge Tianying said: "Master nephew, let's choose first." Ge Tianying is a person who has a good relationship with Jiang Yuanchen among the inner disciples. After all, it was Jiang Yuanchen who went to the Black Che Kingdom to save Ge Tianying's life.

Jiang Yuanchen took a jade staff by himself: "I will be responsible for the sacrifices to the gods in the future. As for the sect rules and so on, my uncle will take care of them."

Hearing this, Ge Tianying took the jade ruler himself: "In the future, you and I will be in charge of the ceremony, and we need to take more care of it." The eight sacrificial vessels are all under their control, but they have a tacit understanding of each other's specific responsibilities. .

Regarding the next generation of leader, Ge Tianying is naturally optimistic about Jiang Yuanchen and believes that Jiang Yuanchen is the most qualified person to inherit the position of leader.

He kept showing goodwill along the way, and even Feilong, a careless person, noticed it.

"This is natural." Jiang Yuanchen smiled slightly, and a tacit understanding was reached between the two. As for the position of leader, Jiang Yuanchen is not in a hurry at the moment. After all, it’s too early at present, and it’s hard to say what the future will look like.

"By the way, there is one thing that needs to be presided over by the two of us." Ge Tianying thought about it and said: "Now that sixty years have passed, it is time for the sect's review. Ling Yunfeng, Tiancang Peak, the inner disciples, and the outer sect For the review, you and I will always come up with a plan."

"There is still less than half a month." Jiang Yuanchen counted with his fingers and said: "Ignore the review of the outer sect. Junior Brother Chu will handle it by himself when the time comes. As for the review of ordinary disciples and true disciples of the inner sect, it might as well be combined in one place ?”

Outer sect disciples, if they achieve foundation building before the age of thirty, can enter Lingyun Peak to practice, and if they enter the inner sect before the age of sixty, they can go to Luoyan Peak to practice. And if a disciple of Lingyun Peak achieves the golden elixir before turning one hundred years old and transfers to Tiancang Peak, he will become a true true core disciple. And if you can't achieve the golden elixir, you have to go to the inner gate Luoyan Peak to continue practicing. Just like Ge Tianying, you can't practice the supreme method in the "Taixu Ziyang Golden Chapter" by struggling on your own.

Therefore, the relationship between Luoyan Peak, Lingyun Peak and Tiancang Peak is somewhat sordid, and the inner disciples of Luoyan Peak who yearn for Tiancang Peak will also find ways to enter Tiancang Peak to practice.

"In this three-peak joint competition, let the cultivators see the demeanor of our generation of true disciples!" Halfway through the collection of the ninth generation of disciples, these dozen disciples should be allowed to make more appearances in front of their fellow disciples. It would be easier to recognize people after you go out, right?

"My nephew makes the decision in everything. If you need anything, just come to Beiyuan Peak and find me." The two walked out of the sacrificial hall. Feilong was gnawing on an eagle claw. When he saw Jiang Yuanchen coming out, he came over without saying a word.

"Then I'll leave first." When Ge Tianying saw the sloppy-looking Feilong, he frowned and left directly.