Taiping Inn

There are four Shangqing Palaces in the world, located in the Jinao Peak of Taiqing Mountain, the Donghua Sect of Langya Prefecture, Qizhou Langya Prefecture, Wuzhou Shangqing Prefecture, Yunjin Mountain, Qionglin Peak of Yunjin Mountain, Qionglin Peak of Jianmen Prefecture, Shuzhou Jianmen Prefecture, Tiancang Mountain, Qingcheng Peak of Zhongzhou Longmen Prefecture Cuiyun Peak in Beimang Mountain, Yin and Yang Zong.

In order to distinguish, the Shangqing Palace of Zhengyi Sect is also called the Great Shangqing Palace, and the other three Shangqing Palaces are respectively named.

The Shangqing Palace of Cuiyun Peak was once the gate of the Yin-Yang Sect. It is said that the Taoist ancestor once refined elixirs here and built a Tai Chi Bagua Furnace all night, using the eight directions of Gan, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun, and Dui to mobilize the sky, The spirituality of earth, water, fire, thunder, mountains, wind and marsh cleverly uses the principle of complementing the inside and outside, and concentrates on refining it for 9981 days. When the furnace was unveiled, thousands of golden lights shone everywhere, rushing straight into the sky. The Taoist ancestor tasted a piece of it, and his face suddenly showed purple air. The Taoist ancestor used this pill to illuminate the green cow under his seat, stepped onto the back of the cow, and went from Beimian Mountain to Hangu Pass, turning Hu into Buddha.

These rumors are not true or false, but most of them are fabricated. The true reputation of the Shangqing Palace of Cuiyun Peak was in the era of Empress Mingkong. Empress Mingkong once built a summer palace in Beim Mountain for a generation, and there were three famous Taoist temples around it. , namely: Shangqing Palace, Zhongqing Palace, and Xiaqing Palace. At that time, Beimian Mountain was not as yin as today. During the Double Ninth Festival, tourists from Shangbei were endless, and they were always "people living in the city." Relieve the sorrow, please visit North China for a while." The allusion of "Ming Mountain evening view is known as one of the eight scenic spots. Whenever the sun sets, the lights of thousands of homes are like stars in the sky. Looking into the distance, the victory of Yiluo and the two rivers of Yiluo are like the stars in the sky. , full of sight.

When the Jin Horde captured half of the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty, this palace was destroyed by war with several palaces. In addition, the Zaoge Sect took advantage of the situation to build a large formation in Beimang Mountain, leading thousands of ghosts into Beimang and raising corpses. There were countless soldiers and ghosts, which turned Beimang Mountain, which was a Fengshui treasure land, into a gloomy ghost domain with heavy yin energy, and several palaces that had been lucky enough to survive were also abandoned one after another. It was not until the Yin-Yang Sect entered Beimang Mountain that the Shangqing Palace was renovated.

Now that the Yin-Yang Sect has been defeated and gone to Beimang Mountain, the Shangqing Palace has fallen into the hands of the righteous sects. In addition, the second destruction of the Zaoge Sect, the cave heaven of the Guiguo Kingdom has become increasingly broken, and it can no longer affect the Feng Shui atmosphere of Beimang Mountain. This has brought Beimang Mountain back to its 70th blessed land.

Li Xuandu has sent someone to clean up, repair and decorate the Shangqing Palace in Cuiyun Peak. The first half of the Taoist sect conference was held in Longmen Mansion. It was mainly under the witness of tens of thousands of visitors that the Taoist sect was announced to be unified and accept the visitors' congratulate. The second half of the Taoist sect conference was from Longmen Mansion to Cuiyun Peak. Under the leadership of the three masters of the sect, many senior figures of the Taoist sect worshiped the Taoist ancestors and the Taoist ancestors to worship the heaven and earth.

Of course, these two locations have no intention. Longmen Mansion is where the Confucian Sect is located. Cuiyun Peak was once owned by Yin and Yang Sect. Choosing to hold a Taoist meeting at these two locations is undoubtedly a demonstration to attack the other party's prestige. This was also planned and reported to the three masters of the three masters. The three masters of the masters had no objection, so the constitution of the Taoist conference was decided like this.

Li Xuandu and Li Feiyan talked until they were in the middle of the night before returning to the study. As soon as they arrived in Yin, they heard the bell ringing from afar.

At this time, Li Xuandu and Qin Su had already changed into black crane cloaks, and their hair was combed neatly, and none of them hanged down casually.

At this moment, I heard the bell ringing again, with nine sounds in total, and from afar, other bells echoed from afar. I think it won’t take long to come, and the bell will spread inside and outside the Longmen Mansion.

The day of the Taoist sect conference has been decided, so many people simply didn't sleep and just waited for the time. Even if they were sleeping, they would go to bed early, and then get up to change clothes and wash. At this time, he heard the bell, and was not panicked. He prepared to go out and go to Taichu Palace, Ziwei City.

At that time, Longmen Mansion was called "Shendu" and "Dongdu", which echoed the Xijing of Qinzhou. After Empress Mingkong ascended the throne, she directly moved the capital to Longmen Mansion. Therefore, there is also a palace city in Longmen Mansion, which is Ziwei City It is located at the highest point in the northwest corner of Longmen Mansion. It is a grand scale and is known as the Palace of Ten Thousand Palaces. Even now, the Imperial Palace is more effective in its layout. To this day, after several wars in Longmen Mansion, most of Ziwei City has been destroyed, but its core part has been preserved. The first half of the Taoist conference is scheduled here. Coincidentally, the Li family recognized the Taoist ancestor as their ancestor and posthumously named the Taishang Taoist ancestor as the Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor. Ziwei City and Taichu Palace also worshipped the Taoist ancestor.

After the bell rang throughout Longmen Mansion, the residences of major sects such as Qingping Garden, Xiaozhen Ren Mansion, Yanyulou, Dongmuxuan, Juechen Jingzhai became noisy, and people came and went, and the sect masters were also I was prepared for a long time and had already changed my clothes. I went to Ziwei City first.

When Li Xuandu, Qin Su and Li Feiyan left Qingping Garden, it was still dark, but lanterns were hung on both sides of the street. At first glance, there was no end, like a long dragon. If someone looks down at Longmen Mansion from a high altitude, he will find that the entire Longmen Mansion has been lit up by countless lanterns, and the outline of the market is clearly outlined by the lights. There are countless tiny long dragons moving forward in Longmen Mansion. Finally, When they gathered together, they were people who were heading to Ziwei City with lanterns.

All the major sect masters were riding in carriages, and there was a disciple who carried a lantern in front of them to open the way. The same was true for Li Xuandu, but the three of them could not take the same car, because in addition to Li Xuandu, Qin Su and Li Feiyan also served as the sect master. Although Li Feiyan is the deputy sect leader, since he represents the Qingwei Sect, it is equivalent to the treatment of the sect leader.

The main road leading to Ziwei City has been blocked in advance. Both sides of the road are full of disciples drawn from various sects. Their cultivation may not be very high, but they are enough to maintain order. Along the way, you can see carriages from other sects, all heading to the square in front of Zetian Gate in Ziwei City.

In the square, Li Xuandu had already arranged for someone to wait here to guide the visitors to their seats, otherwise it would be a mess.

Zetian Gate has three gates: left, middle, and right, so the visitors are also divided into three rows, corresponding to the three great masters of Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing. Taiqing enters the left gate, Yuqing enters the middle gate, and Shangqing enters the right gate.

In addition, people from the Buddhist sect are not counted as one of the three major factions, but as guests of the ceremony. This is also a helpless compromise. If the Buddhist disciples are forced to join the Taoist sect, it will be detrimental to internal unity. As a result, there are fewer sects belonging to the Taiqing Sect, so Li Xuandu's Taiping Sect was included in the Taipingqing Sect, Li Feiyan represented the Qingwei Sect, of course in the Yuqing Sect, and Qin Su represented the Wangqing Sect, undoubtedly in the Shangqing Sect.

In the Taiqing Sect, the first person is naturally Zhang Jingxiu, the head of the Taiqing Sect, and Li Xuandu is ranked second only to Zhang Jingxiu. However, behind Li Xuandu is not Zhang Jingchen, but an old Taoist priest with a kind face. In the Yuqing Sect, the first person is Li Daoxu, the head of the Yuqing Sect, and Li Feiyan is also ranked second only to Li Daoxu. Logically speaking, this position should have belonged to Zhang Haishi. Even if Zhang Haishi did not come, it was related to the Qingwei Sect and could not be given to others.

After the sect master are the hall masters and elders, regardless of the sect, but arranged according to age. Many guests watching the ceremony are after the three major factions.

Li Feiyan, led by a disciple of Cihang Sect, came to stand behind Li Daoxu. Although the three heads of the sect were at the head of the queue, they were quite far away from the queue behind them. The others were three steps away, but the three heads of the sect were ten steps away from the people behind them. In this way, the second person in each row was actually the head, which was very conspicuous.

The other sect leaders had heard about Li Feiyan's return to the arena, but it was the first time that Li Feiyan appeared in public. Although the other sect leaders were curious, they had not had much contact with him before, and it was not easy to rush forward to greet him. However, there were also people who did not know Li Feiyan. Most of them were rising stars in recent years, aged between 30 and 40. When they became famous, Li Feiyan had been trapped in the Demon Suppression Platform, so the name Li Feiyan was very unfamiliar. In terms of familiarity, it was not as good as Mr. Five Lu Yanbing.

However, those who can hold high positions in various sects are not reckless and ignorant. After asking others, they remembered Li Feiyan's origin. It turned out that this was the young lady Li, the junior sister of Li Daoxu, the wife of Li Daoshi, and the aunt of Zhang Haishi, Li Xuandu and others.

Zhang Feishan was also in the queue, but his position was very far back, and he could only vaguely see Li Feiyan's figure. He looked down at his position and suddenly realized one thing. The gap between him and Li Feiyan was the distance between him and Li Feiyan now. How many hall masters, elders, and sect masters were in between? I don't know how many people have been unable to make half a step forward for many years. How difficult is it to get to the front of the queue?

As time passed slowly, visitors from the Buddhist sect, spectators sent by the Confucian sect, all the heads, gang leaders, Jianghu celebrities, Jianghu wanderers, etc. also arrived one after another, and lined up in order, a huge crowd. It is said that when there are more than 10,000 people, the sky and the earth are connected. At this time, there are tens of thousands of people, and there is no end in sight. It is really a sea of ​​people. Fortunately, the square in front of Zetian Gate is wide enough to barely accommodate them.

Gradually, the sky changed from dark to dark blue, and a touch of fish belly white emerged at the end of the sky. Some people began to extinguish the lights in the hanging lanterns, and then nine bells were heard, and the three gates of Zetian Gate slowly opened. Six teams of disciples walked out of the gate, divided into three groups on the left and right, and welcomed the headmaster and the sect masters to enter.

The three headmasters took the lead and walked forward, followed by the sect masters. Li Xuandu was the head of the Taiqing column. He walked through the left gate. Before he stepped forward, he subconsciously looked at Li Feiyan and Qin Su. Li Feiyan's position was level with him, and Li Xuandu could just see Li Feiyan's profile. She had a solemn face and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking. Qin Su was slightly behind, behind an old man from the Butian Sect. He lowered his head and focused on his shoes, wondering what he was thinking.

Li Xuandu retracted his gaze and walked straight into the long city gate.

The city gate was a little dim. After walking out, Li Xuandu just saw a ray of dawn, illuminating the sky.

Li Xuandu narrowed his eyes and looked directly at the radiant and rising sun in the east, as if he was standing on the coast and looking at a ship in the sea with the tip of its mast visible. Li Xuandu felt that it was very appropriate. Today's Taoism is like the rising sun, like a ship, like a baby that is about to be born, and like a fruit that is about to ripen and fall to the ground.