Pawn Crossing the River

Announcements about Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Lin Yuanmiao, Qi Xiaoyin, Jiayin Lingguan, and Long Xiaobai were quickly issued. Although Mr. Lao Yin and He Luoshen were also involved, their circumstances were special and they could only hide their merits and fame. .

For most people in the Taoist sect, it was only a matter of time before Qi Xuansu removed the word "generation". Now it is just ahead of schedule, and it is not worth making a fuss about. Furthermore, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu each memorized a "Tian Zi Gong", which doesn't mean much.

After all, when they reach their status, they all go to the Grand Master and Deputy Master to teach the Great Master, and the "Tianzi Kung" is just the icing on the cake.

As the fire-fighting captain of the Taoist sect, Jiang Da Zhenren could not count the "Tianzi Kung" he had accumulated over the years with both hands, so it was of little use. After all, Jiang Da Zhenren could not be promoted in terms of rank or position, and immortal objects were even more useless. But come here, there is nothing missing.

If he was a member of the imperial court, he could be given a rank, a distinguished rank, or even a title. For example, "Doctor Guanglu" and "Doctor Tejin Guanglu" are casual ranks, such as "Shangzhuguo" is an honorary officer. Needless to say, there are also honorary positions such as three ministers. But Dao Sect doesn't have these, except for position and rank.

Now Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu have reached a bottleneck period. They want to take a step forward, but it is a little insufficient. They are just recording merit and rewards, which seems low. They can only promote the people around them in disguise to express an attitude, which is somewhat to protect their family members. mean.

Therefore, the awards announced by Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu seemed a bit calm, and the same was true for the Jiayin spiritual officers. The first-grade spiritual officers had reached the top, and at most they were given some material and honorary rewards.

Instead, the sudden emergence of Qi Xiaoyin and Long Xiaobai aroused heated discussions, and everyone was discussing - who are Qi Xiaoyin and Long Xiaobai?

Soon, an unnamed source revealed relevant information: Qi Xiaoyin is the adopted daughter of Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, and is now the secretary of Qi Daren. However, her origins are mysterious and she should not be a human being, so it is meaningless no matter how high she is promoted. I can't be a great master, nor can I be a deputy master. There is also Long Xiaobai, who is also not human and can be considered wild. Unlike Qi Xiaoyin, who was raised by a Taoist family, he is not even a Taoist priest. He is just a Taoist priest.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Taoist sect now has four masters of Qi: Qi Wu, Qi Jiaozheng, Qi Xuansu, and Qi Xiaoyin.

Qi Wu is easier to distinguish from Qi Dazhen, the other three are all missing the word "big". How to distinguish the remaining three? So there is a saying, Lao Qi Zhenren Qi Jiaozheng, Xiao Qi Zhenren Qi Xiaoyin, Qi Zhenren Qi Xuansu.

Of course, just call them by their Taoist names in person. Master Wanmiao and Master Taiwei, Qi Xiaoyin does not have a Taoist name and belongs to Master Baiban.

When small

When Yin learned that he had been promoted to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, he ran to ask Qi Xuansu: "Lao Qi, Lao Qi, am I on an equal footing with Lao Zhang this time?"

Qi Xuansu asked back: "Do you think Qiniang and I are equal?"

Xiao Yin thought for a while and said, "If you listen to Qiniang, I can ask Qiniang to file a lawsuit against you."

Qi Xuansu said: "I am already a master of Shenzhi, and Qiniang is just a Taoist priest of the fourth grade of wine sacrifice, but I still have to listen to Qiniang. This is called Lun Chang. Do you think you can be on an equal footing with Lao Zhang?"

Xiao Yin was disappointed: "This second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest is not interesting."

Qi Xuansu touched the back of her head.

Xiao Yin also reached out and touched it, wondering: "What for?"

Qi Xuansu said: "You don't have any rebellion in the back of your head, so why do you think about rebelling against Tiangang all day long?"

Xiao Yin rolled his eyes.

Qi Xuansu said: "Actually, there are benefits. The second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests get better treatment and more money."

Xiao Yin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Next there is a ceremony, which is mainly to award Xiao Yin with the sutra urn of the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest.

Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry to go back immediately.

In addition to Tiangangtang, which has sent the third batch of reinforcements, the Daxuan Imperial Court has also sent troops in cooperation.

The eight Buddhist immortals look quite scary. But King Kong has not appeared for many years. Whether he is still in the human world is still a question. Even if he is still in the human world, it is still unclear whether he can appear in front of people. Monk Xiao and Bodhisattva Xiao basically do not appear in front of people, and they belong to the hidden power of Buddhism. The ones on the bright side are the five immortals.

If Buddhism were to move in full force, not counting King Kong, but also counting Monk Xiao, Bodhisattva Xiao, Bodhisattva in Blood, and Buddha in White, the nine immortals would indeed be powerful. Xidaomen, including the Ancient God of Tawanting who had never been in civil strife, would be the only one. With this number, the ancient gods are still unable to come to the human world, and they are indeed inferior to Buddhism.

Don’t forget, the Daxuan court is known as the lower Taoist sect. Its predecessor was the Beidao sect. Emperor Daxuan was honored as the second Taoist priest. He was one of the only two super-grade Taoist priests, second only to the Great Master. Taoist priest.

Why did Xuan Sheng want to decentralize power to the Da Xuan court? The main reason on the surface is that Xuansheng believes that it is not time to depose the emperor.

What does it mean that there is no time to depose the emperor? To put it bluntly, it is

Due to the existence of royalists, Confucianism was the largest royalist faction, so Xuan Sheng decided to establish the Daxuan Court, mainly to unite Confucianism. Don’t you Confucians value loyalty to the emperor? Didn’t he learn the arts of civility and martial arts and become an emperor? Now the court and the emperor are here, be loyal and sell.

This measure is still very useful. After experiencing the initial chaos, as the older generation of Confucian people passed away, regardless of whether they died of old age and ascended, or were suppressed by Taoism, they died anyway, and the new generation of Confucian people started to serve as officials. , Emperor Daxuan actually became half a prime king of the Confucian sect, and at the same time a super Taoist priest of the Taoist sect, which perfectly connected the Taoist sect and the Confucian sect, and also made the Confucian sect indirectly become a vassal of the Taoist sect.

This also involves giving up interests. The Confucian sect is willing to be the second best, of course because the Taoist sect has given up its interests. Although the Taoist sect system is iron-barrel and does not allow others to interfere in the slightest, not even the West Daomen and the North Daomen. But the court system that is independent of the Taoist system does not taboo this. After all, this court system was originally designed by the Confucian sect itself, and the Taoist sect only continued it.

Confucianism still held considerable power in the court. Although it cannot be compared with the past, don't forget that compared to the era when the Confucian sect was in power, the Taoist sect has almost doubled its territory, and the pie is also bigger.

Therefore, the dual system of Taoism is essentially two sets of teams. The Taoism makes decisions and the court implements them. The Taoism is the main one and the court is the supplementary one. Whether it was the war in the Western Region or the war in Fenglinzhou, the Daxuan court sent troops to participate in the war. This is an indisputable fact.

Precisely because Confucianism has also become a beneficiary of this huge territory, Confucianism will also maintain this system. It is one thing for one's own people to fight among themselves for the position of leader, but it is another thing for outsiders to want to overthrow the system.

Buddhism can't offer a higher price. Should we overthrow Taoism and let Confucianism become the leader? Isn’t that making wedding clothes for others? Even if the Buddhists are willing, the Confucianists can't believe it.

Or should the two divide the world equally? In fact, including the so-called making Confucianism the boss, they are all false propositions. If the Taoist sect collapses, it will not give the Buddhist sect the opportunity to receive the Taoist sect’s legacy. Secret societies such as the Taoist Qingping Society and the "Tianting" swarmed over and established their own regimes one after another. It immediately became a situation where "if there is no one in the world, I don't know how many people will be emperors and how many will be kings."

By then, the Confucian sect may not be able to get more than it does now, but it may actually be less.

Therefore, the entire strength of the Taoist sect is not only the Jade Capital, but also the Divine Palace. The three great sacrificial wines from the emperor to the Confucian sect are clearly visible.

They are four immortals. There seem to be many immortals in Buddhism, but in fact they are completely incomparable with Taoism.

This is not counting the backbone of the imperial court. In the last battle at Five Elements Mountain, the pseudo-immortals and celestial beings dispatched by the imperial court were not inferior to those of the Taoist sects. In the end, they were only half a move away. Moreover, the imperial court frequently made big moves, such as refining " "Heart ape", looking for "the sky" and so on.

Even if Nanyang Buddhism and Fenglinzhou Buddhism follow suit and end together, it still won’t be enough.

Today's Dao Sect has not entered a fully mobilized wartime system, and is still living in a very "lazy" state.

However, every benefit will bring about a disadvantage, and the disadvantages have now appeared. As the internal fighting among the three realms intensified, the Daxuan court gradually began to have a negative impact on the Taoist sect.

Many Taoist people are worried, but the Li family is very confident.

Getting back to the topic, the third batch of reinforcements sent by Tiangang Hall this time is headed by Jiachen Spirit Officer. This spiritual officer is also an old acquaintance of Qi Xuansu, and he is also the first first-grade spiritual officer Qi Xuansu knows. "Ape" mission, the two later also cooperated on the Fenglinzhou battlefield, and this time he was transferred over.

As for the imperial court, as usual, it dispatched the Protectorate of the West Courtyard, led by the Governor of the West Courtyard himself. The four great guardians of the imperial court are not ordinary people, no less than first-grade spiritual officers.

In this way, although Taoism does not have an advantage at the level of immortals, it has formed a greater advantage at the level of pseudo-immortals. When Qi Xuansu is free, Lin Yuanmiao and Jiayin Lingguan recover from their injuries, and then a new Jiashen Lingguan is selected, and perhaps Zhang Yuelu is added, the pseudo-immortal level will even become an overwhelming advantage.

As these reinforcements arrive one after another, the situation on the front line will usher in some big changes. Daomen intends to adopt a three-pronged approach to attack Buddhism from three levels: moral, psychological, and frontal battlefield, and speed up the war process.

After participating in Xiao Yin's enshrinement ceremony, Qi Xuansu prepared to return to the Daxue Mountain Palace to deal with Zhao Jiaowu's problem.

It is worth mentioning that this time Donghua Master personally presided over the ceremony. Perhaps because of Aiwujiwu, Donghua Master prepared a crane cloak for Xiao Yin that can adapt to his body shape. Xiao Yin also wore a Hui Sword, which made Qi Xuansu happy. Sighing, his biggest wish back then was to wear the Hui Sword, and Xiao Yin realized it easily.

It's just that there is no suitable lotus crown, so Xiao Yin can only wear a normal-sized lotus crown. The Dao crown is almost as big as her head, and it looks nondescript.

After the enshrinement ceremony, Qi Xuansu's family of three embarked on their return to the Daxue Mountain Palace.