Chapter 103 Xuantian Taisu
Jiang Lin looked at the stone archway in front of him and his eyes fell behind it.
Entering from here is the Xuantian Taisu Palace.
Speaking of which, the two words "Xuantian" also have their own meaning.
The Four Saints of the North Pole are Grand Marshal Tianpeng, Deputy Marshal Tianyou, True Lord Yishen, and True Lord Youshen, also known as the Great Emperor Zhenwu.
Among them, the leader is undoubtedly Marshal Tianpeng.
But this ranking actually does not include the Great Emperor Zhenwu, or in a sense, the Great Emperor Zhenwu has already become independent from the Four Saints of the North Pole.
Before descending from Mount Wudang and resting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, this great god followed the Jade Emperor's orders and Yuanshi's summons to cleanse the demons and clear the evil spirits.
With such great achievements, one's status will certainly rise.
Therefore, in addition to Yousheng Zhenjun and Zhenwu Emperor, this great god also has another title, called: Xuantian Shangdi.
If we only look at this title, his status is not much different from that of Emperor Ziwei.
It can even be said that there is a hint of the "Fifth Imperial" in him.
Or we can divide this great god into three periods.
During the period of Lord Yousheng, he was only one of the Four Saints of the North Pole, and even at the end. But during the period of Emperor Zhenwu, he was already on par with Marshal Tianpeng.
But up to now, he has already surpassed the Four Saints of the Arctic.
(The above two elements are limited to this book. Please be gentle if you are a textual researcher.)
"Little Taoist friend, how about my Xuantian Taisu Palace?"
The Taoist Zhenzhu walked to Jiang Lin's side and asked with a smile.
Jiang Lin bowed and said, "Of course it is a first-class paradise, which really opened my eyes."
The aura of the leader of the Southern Zhenwu Sect is not just talk, this is truly the leading Taoist sect.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, a sword light suddenly flew out from the stone archway, and a middle-aged Taoist priest stood on it.
The Taoist came closer on his flying sword, and when he saw the Taoist master Zhenzhu, he quickly dropped his flying sword and saluted.
"Greetings, Master. Master, what are you doing..."
The middle-aged Taoist nodded friendly to Jiang Lin beside him, then looked at the convoy not far away with a look of doubt on his face.
Where did this distinguished guest come from that requires three Taoist masters to go and receive him?
"It's Yunqing, what are you going to do?"
The Taoist Zhenzhu did not answer, but just asked with a smile while stroking his beard.
"Reply to Master."
Taoist Yunqing saw that his master didn't say much, so he tactfully stopped asking questions and just said, "There's a place called Longshui Town where a dragon was seen. Although it didn't affect the common people, the dragon failed to survive the catastrophe and its body blocked the river, which caused quite a stir."
Jiang Lin's expression changed and he couldn't help but look at Taoist Yun Qing.
The Taoist continued, "It's strange to say, but normally a dragon like this, which has no karma, would turn its body into rain and moisten both banks even if it fails to survive the calamity."
"But for some reason, the dragon's soul lingered on the corpse and was unwilling to leave. Naturally, the corpse did not transform into a physical body. If this continues, I'm afraid a plague will occur."
"The local city god has an old relationship with my Taisu Palace, so I will go and take a look."
After saying this, Taoist Yun Qing saw his master nod, so he bowed again, stepped on the flying sword and left.
Taoist Zhenzhu looked at Jiang Lin's expression and asked with a smile, "Little Taoist friend, do you recognize that dragon?"
"I can't say I know him, we just exchanged a few words."
Jiang Lin said with some sigh.
After five hundred years of practice, Longshui finally failed.
Master Zhong Mingzhen removed the cause and effect, and the people on both sides of the strait also moved away, and it is believed that they also took the three dragon-slaying swords with them.
However, these three swords have been guarding for five hundred years, and there is some sword energy left.
Walking as a dragon to transcend tribulation means going against the current, which consumes a lot of the dragon's magic power and physical strength. If it is just one sword energy, it will be fine, but with three, it will definitely be disastrous.
While Jiang Lin and Taoist Master Zhenzhu were talking, the Liu sisters and Chen Qingning also came over led by the other two Taoist masters.
"Mr. Liu, now that you are here, you can rest assured. There will be no more troubles."
Seeing that Liu Yuwei still looked a little nervous, the Taoist master Zhenzhu smiled and said.
"Thank you, Taoist Master."
Liu Yuwei nodded, holding her waist with one hand and her lower abdomen with the other.
"Let's take a rest in the temple first."
As Taoist Zhenzhuo spoke, he led everyone through a stone archway with four large characters "Xuantian Jinque" painted on it.
Except for this Taoist priest, the other two Taoist priests disappeared at some point.
Jiang Lin didn't care. He just stood beside the Liu sisters and followed Taoist Zhenzhu up the stairs.
After passing the mountain gate and the front hall, a large hall suddenly appeared in front of us.
Above it, there is a plaque with three big characters on it.
"Xuan Emperor Palace."
Jiang Lin took a look at the plaque, then put away his black cloak and straightened his clothes.
The Liu sisters behind him made similar movements.
Entering a temple to worship Buddha and burning incense are customary practices.
However, with Jiang Lin's identity, if he went to worship the Buddha statue, he would immediately be executed by his ancestors.
But it is reasonable that you can't go wrong by worshipping the Great Emperor Zhenwu.
After all, no matter what, Emperor Zhenwu is still one of the Four Saints of the North Pole, a true North Pole god.
Moreover, there is a clear text in the black law: All judges receive orders from the Northern Emperor, accept positions in Taixuan, and follow the True Martial God to pay homage to the Emperor, so their power is very heavy.
If Jiang Lin could one day enter the North Pole, be deified and worship the deity, when he went to worship Ziwei, he would follow behind the Great Emperor Zhenwu.
The Taoist master Zhenzhu watched with a smile on his face, while Chen Qingning followed behind him, giving the middle seat to Jiang Lin and the Liu sisters.
Led by Jiang Lin, the three of them walked into the Xuan Emperor Palace.
"ah……"
At this moment, Liu Yuwei suddenly cried out in surprise. She held her belly and whispered in surprise, "This child has always been quiet since I was pregnant for eight months. This is the first time he kicked me."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin couldn't help but look at the statue at the top center of the Xuan Emperor Hall.
The deity worshipped in Xuan Emperor Temple is naturally Xuantian Emperor.
However, this statue looks a bit crude, or it can be said that the details are not carefully carved, revealing a natural and ancient sense.
But overall, it seems that the disciples of Xuantian Taisu Palace did not put much effort into making the statues.
However, Jiang Lin was not surprised, because according to legend, the statue in Xuantian Taisu Palace was not carved by humans, but was made of mud carried by hundreds of birds.
Now it seems that this is not a legend, but a fact.
Jiang Lin calmed his breathing, put aside all distracting thoughts, stepped forward, and the Taoist boy on duty handed him three sticks of agarwood.
Xuantian Taisu Palace is a wealthy and powerful family, and the incense used to worship the ancestor is naturally the agarwood that is sincerely hand-rubbed by their own disciples.
On the other hand, someone's family uses ordinary incense that costs 100 coins a roll from a shop selling incense, candles and yellow paper at the foot of the mountain.
It's not that someone is not sincere, it's just that in this world, you can't take a single step without money.
In a nutshell, poor!
Jiang Lin looked at his nose and his heart, and it seemed that he had no intention of comparing Xuantian Taisu Palace with his own rotten little Taoist temple.
I’m not envious, I’m not envious at all.
Jiang Lin thought silently in his heart, holding the incense in his hand, bowed three times, and then brought it to the shrine, then lifted the hem of his incense and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times meticulously. The Liu sisters on both sides seemed to rarely burn incense to worship the gods, so they did what Jiang Lin did, which was also very well done.
After bowing three times, Jiang Lin stood up, then sat cross-legged again, turned his head to look at the Taoist boy beside him, and said, "Trouble this Taoist friend."
"Blessings and blessings are immeasurable."
The Taoist boy understood what he meant and looked at Jiang Lin with some surprise, but still walked to the side, picked up a small wooden hammer with a long handle, and struck a wooden fish.
This wooden fish is long, about three feet long, and when it is struck, it can produce a melodious sound of metal.
"clang……"
"Sincerely bow down to the Lord..."
Jiang Lin began to chant along with the sound of the wooden fish.
"The Six Heavens of the Primordial Chaos, the master of the Dharma. He cultivates the truth and enlightenment, and saves the lost. He works for all living beings and eliminates disasters. He has eighty-two transformations, and is the founder of the three religions. He is extremely compassionate and saves people from suffering. He is the chief administrator of the Three Origins, the envoy of the Nine Heavens. He assists the North Pole of the Heavenly Gang, and is the general of the Right Yuan. He helps the heavens and responds to the evil. He is kind and righteous. He is the God of Fortune, the God of the World. He is the Master of the Jade Void, the Emperor of the Mysterious Heaven, the incarnation of the Golden Palace, and the Heavenly Lord of the Demon-Subduing World."
Jiang Linsong sang the Xuantian Zhenwu Treasure Proclamation and bowed to the gods three times again.
Then he raised his head and spoke respectfully.
"Disciple Jiang Lin, a disciple of Beiji, practices Beidi and follows the Black Law. He practices at Ziwei Temple on Mount Longjing and enters Taoism in front of the statue of Ziwei Emperor."
"Today, I am fortunate to receive the Zhenwu sword from Taoist Master Zhenzhuo of Xuantian Taisu Palace, and to be taught the Xuantian Zhenwu sword tactics."
"I, the disciple, hereby submit to the Emperor Zhenwu and swear: In the future, when I hold this magic sword and practice this sword technique, I will use it to cleanse the evil spirits and never use it to do evil."
"This oath must be heard by the Emperor Zhenwu and reported to the Purple Palace. If violated, it shall be punished according to the Black Law!"
After he finished speaking, Jiang Lin bowed again.
When he raised his head, a stream of incense emerged from the statue of General Tengshe standing beside the statue of Emperor Zhenwu. It circled around Jiang Lin's body seven times, then suddenly rose into the air and disappeared.
In the eyes of the Liu sisters, this scene was naturally a magical sight.
However, Jiang Lin and Taoist Master Zhenzhuo did not show any emotion.
However, there was a little more satisfaction in Taoist Master Zhenzhu's eyes when he looked at Jiang Lin.
What Jiang Lin just swore was an oath, and he swore it after sincerely reciting the Xuantian Zhenwu Treasure Edict. In addition, Jiang Lin's identity as the descendant of the Northern Emperor made such an oath naturally reach the deity of the Zhenwu Emperor.
It even connects to Ziwei Palace at the top and reaches Fengdu Mountain at the bottom, and is known to the Emperor of Ziwei and the Great Emperor of Fengdu.
Although Beidi and Zhenwu are from the same clan, they are different lineages. Now that Jiang Lin has practiced the sword techniques of the Zhenwu lineage, he naturally has to report to his own ancestor.
At the same time, one must also swear to not use this method for evil.
These are all as they should be.
Although it was just a procedure, after all, no matter how strict the Black Law lineage was, they would not commit a crime just because Jiang Lin practiced the sword techniques of the Zhenwu lineage.
But this process is also essential.
But generally speaking, it is enough to just report it, and there is no need to swear an oath.
And Jiang Lin's move can be said to have given full respect to the Zhenwu lineage, which is also the reason why Taoist Zhenzhuo admired him.
There is an old saying since ancient times that the Dharma should not be passed on lightly. One reason is that one is afraid that the Dharma is passed on to the wrong person, and the other is that one is afraid that the person who passes on the Dharma will not cherish the Dharma.
For Jiang Lin, the first one is naturally no problem. Now, Jiang Lin has proved with his actual actions that he will cherish this sword technique.
"Qingning, take Daoist Xiao Jiang around my Taisu Palace first."
Taoist Zhenzhu came up and said with a smile, "I will take the two Lius to the guest hall to settle down first."
"Please trouble you, Taoist."
Liu Yuwei nodded, followed Taoist Zhenzhu around the Xuan Emperor Hall, and walked towards the guest hall further back.
Liu Yunxiu originally wanted to follow Jiang Lin, but her sister needed someone to take care of her, so she could only support her sister and go together.
"Let's go, Brother Jiang. I will take you to Yuxu Palace first."
Chen Qingning walked over with a smile and took Jiang Lin to the Yuxu Palace behind the Xuan Emperor Palace.
Since the Great Emperor Zhenwu was given the title of Emperor Xuantian, the deity enshrined in the Emperor Xuan Hall was Emperor Xuantian, and the deity enshrined in the Yuxu Hall was the Great Emperor Zhenwu.
The two are one, just with different names.
When I arrived in front of Yuxu Palace, before I went in, I heard someone making a noise in front of the palace door.
To be precise, it was two people chasing each other.
"Damn Taoist priest! Stop right there!"
The coquettish voice came from a girl who was about seventeen or eighteen years old and wore a long coarse cloth skirt. The girl had her hands on her hips and looked pretty, but her movements seemed quite aggressive.
At this moment, she was standing with her hands on her hips, breathing slightly, with beads of sweat on the tip of her nose. It was obvious that she had been chasing for a long way.
The person she was chasing was a Taoist priest wearing a green Taoist robe. He was three or four years older than Jiang Lin, had a handsome appearance and was tall.
Hearing this, the Taoist stopped, turned around, and said helplessly: "Miss Yan, I have already said it, it is really not me who stole your duck..."
"I do not believe!"
Miss Yan raised her chin and snorted.
"Ugh……"
The Taoist sighed helplessly, looking a bit at a loss.
"You compensate me!"
Miss Yan had rested enough, so she lifted her skirt again and chased after the Taoist priest.
The Taoist could only flee.
The two of them passed by Jiang Lin and Chen Qingning one after the other.
Jiang Lin looked at Chen Qingning curiously and asked, "Daoyou, what is this?"
Chen Qingning suppressed his laughter and said, "This is a common sight in our temple. It's normal for you to find it strange when you see it for the first time."
"Oh? Would you like to hear the details?"
A light called "gossip" flashed in Jiang Lin's eyes.
"That Miss Yan is named Yan Zi. The reason she has no surname is because she is an orphan and has no idea of her father or mother. She has been stranded here since she was young, living with an old widow who raises her as her granddaughter. The two of them make a living by selling vegetables."
"The Taoist priest in charge of food in the temple felt sorry for the grandfather and grandson because they were helpless, so he promised her a job delivering food to the temple. At least it would be an extra income."
"If I remember correctly, that was five years ago."
Chen Qingning recalled, and suddenly a wicked smile appeared on his lips. He said, "At that time, Brother Li Dao had just arrived at my temple and was unfamiliar with the place. After a few visits, he became familiar with Yan Zi."
"But in the past two years, Yan Zi has gone crazy for some reason. She has been pestering Brother Li with various excuses every day."
Chen Qingning chuckled and said, "In the beginning, some people couldn't stand it and spoke up for Brother Li, but... Brother Li protected Yan Zi instead."
"hey-hey……"
Jiang Lin listened to Chen Qingning's evil smile, raised his eyebrows, and asked: "If I remember correctly, although Xuantian Taisu Palace worships Zhenwu, it belongs to the Zhengyi Sect, so it does not prohibit marriage, right?"
As soon as you hear this, you can tell that the boy and girl are in love with each other, but there is a layer of window paper between them that has not been revealed.
However, between Yan Zi and Taoist Li, the one who is too thin-skinned to save face is the man.
In Jiang Lin's opinion, this is not a big deal.
Anyway, Xuantian Taisu Palace is the same as his own Beidi Sect. It does not prohibit marriage, but only requires people not to indulge in lust.
"From my observation of the legal system, marriage is indeed not prohibited, but Brother Li is different."
Chen Qingning shook his head helplessly.
"Brother Li is not a disciple of my temple. He... is a disciple of the Dayue Taihe Palace in Wudang Mountain..."
(End of this chapter)
