Chapter 192: Medieval Secrets
Tan Xuan was wearing appropriate immortal clothes and a pair of hemp shoes, and he was walking slowly on the white jade bricks of the heavenly palace.
In his hand, he held a small black box.
He had a smile on his face, a friendly smile on his round face.
Look straight ahead, without looking sideways.
In front, an immortal god came over, and after seeing Tan Xuan, he smiled and nodded.
"Isn't this the little Taoist boy from Tushita Palace? What is he doing here?"
"I have seen the great god."
Tan Xuan stopped, saluted meticulously, and then replied: "The palace is short of some Tianhe water for quenching pills, and I was ordered to fetch some."
As he spoke, he raised the small box in his hand.
"Well, do your job well. Although Laojun is in seclusion all year round, the Tushita Palace is still a place that countless immortals and gods are eager to enter."
The immortal smiled and nodded, saying, "Since you are working in Tushita Palace, you must do your best. As long as you don't make any mistakes, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
"Yes, great god taught me, I will remember it."
Tan Xuan took note of it carefully and saluted again meticulously.
"Go."
The immortal smiled and waved his hand, watching Tan Xuan's figure gradually disappear into the distance after he saluted.
"Although this child is born of a celestial being, he does not have the slightest hint of impatience. He is a good candidate."
The immortal sighed that it was rare, then put the matter behind him and went about his own business.
Tan Xuan kept smiling and walked steadily step by step.
Along the way, he also met other gods he knew. Every time he treated them, he was very polite, without any mistakes.
Compared with other palaces, there have always been fewer boys in the Tushita Palace, let alone a Taoist boy who was born from a celestial being.
Although he was just a Taoist boy, he was still a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister.
Tan Xuan could recognize every immortal or god who greeted him, no matter if they were from the ascending system or the celestial system, they all had the same attitude.
In fact, many times, the Ascension System and the Heavenly Man System are just rough concepts, and are never fixed, unchangeable, and obvious labels.
Therefore, showing kindness to a young Taoist boy serving in the Tushita Palace, no matter if he is from the Ascension Department or the Heavenly Being Department, is beneficial and free of cost.
Tan Xuan walked forward, but he was not heading towards Tianhe.
But no immortal god cares about this.
Finally, Tan Xuan seemed to be tired of walking, so he simply summoned a fairy cloud and flew straight up.
After flying for about a quarter of an hour, Tan Xuan stopped the cloud and looked down at his feet.
"Xuanzi No. 138 Book Collection Pavilion..."
Tan Xuan muttered to himself, looking down at the library which was different from usual, as it was empty.
Then, he slowly opened the small black box in his hand.
In the box, there is a piece of carbonized charcoal the size of a fingernail. The charcoal is grayish white all over and has almost been burned out. The reason why I say almost is that there are still some insignificant dark red dots on the charcoal, not much bigger than a sesame seed.
He took a look and without hesitation, turned the small box upside down. Suddenly, the gray-white charcoal, with a sesame-sized dark red spot, fell straight down.
Soon, the piece of charcoal was submerged in the clouds and could no longer be seen.
Tan Xuan did not stop either, he turned around and left.
However, that dark red light did not dissipate as the charcoal was blown by the wind. Instead, it continued to flicker, pointing straight down, down.
Soon, they came into contact with the restricted layer of the library.
However, unexpectedly, the countless layers of restrictions failed to block this dark red light.
It was no longer like a hot knife cutting butter, but it ignored the countless restrictions and landed on the top of the library.
then……
'boom! ! ’
The red flames suddenly rose up, burning everything in an instant!
Tan Xuan ignored all that and after throwing away the piece of grayish-white charcoal, he returned to the Tushita Palace.
Tushita Palace is naturally not just a palace, but a complex of palaces.
Tan Xuan’s responsibility in Tushita Palace was to burn charcoal.
The fire used for refining elixirs in the Tushita Palace is naturally not an ordinary fire, but the Six Ding Divine Fire.
This fire is not used directly most of the time because it is too transcendent.
Generally, a special sacred tree is needed as a carrier so that the alchemy fire can be controlled.
What Tan Xuan had to do was to throw the sacred wood into the fire source of the Liu Ding sacred fire and burn it into durable charcoal.
He returned to his own charcoal room and looked at the crimson Six Ding Divine Fire that was still burning slowly, as if it had remained unchanged for eternity.
Tan Xuan's movements were very skillful. He threw pieces of the sacred wood into the fire and watched them turn into charcoal.
Sometimes, because the Liu Ding Divine Fire was too transcendent, it would burn excessively if not carefully, and produce too much charcoal. Tan Xuan would then use a special hook to take it out and throw it into a bamboo basket.
He continued to do his job as usual.
But soon, there was movement outside the charcoal room.
There were the sounds of hurried footsteps and the murderous sound of swords clashing, followed by a majestic proclamation.
"The Heavenly Court Justice Hall is investigating a case! Following the orders of the Justice God, Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun, seal off the charcoal room in the Tushita Palace!"
Upon hearing this, Tan Xuan stood up slowly, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked out of the charcoal room.
Facing the Xiezhi Army of the Hall of Justice, whose reputation was as ferocious as that of the Black Law Department, Tan Xuan raised his head.
"I did it."
Tan Xuan raised his hands, the smile still on his lips, as if he had not committed the serious crime of stealing the fire from the Tushita Palace and destroying the library in Heaven, but had just stolen some food.
"Please take me to the Immortal Execution Platform."
…………
the other side.
Inside the Black Law Department's internal library.
Jiang Lin looked at the countless desks and cases in front of him, raised his hand, and the fifth-grade celestial scroll of the Arctic Exorcism Institute on his wrist shone brightly.
"Heaven."
'Crash! ! '
As Jiang Lin finished speaking, the documents shelves in front of him alternated rapidly like playing cards. Finally, a shelf stopped in front of Jiang Lin.
On this shelf are contents related to heaven and man.
Since this is information that I don't know, then...
"history."
'Clatter!'
Jiang Lin searched further, and the documents on the shelf flew over, and a book fell in front of Jiang Lin.
He raised his hand and picked up the book that was as thick as a palm.
Jiang Lin did not look through it immediately, but found a table and sat down, narrowing his eyes slightly.
He was thinking about what happened before.
As soon as he walked to the Heavenly Palace Library, the library was immediately burned to the ground.
Not to mention other things, just look at the countless restrictions attached to the Heavenly Palace Library. It is not something that can be burned by ordinary fire, let alone burned to the ground in an instant.
Well, there is an obvious fact before us.
Jiang Lin will not be more difficult to burn than the library that is protected by countless prohibitions.
If Jiang Lin had already stepped into the library at that time, then there would be no chance of Jiang Lin surviving.
This is a warning.
The other party was not trying to take Jiang Lin's life, but was simply giving him a warning.
The timing was so accurate that when Jiang Lin approached the library and had not yet walked in, the library was burned cleanly to the ground. This was the other party telling Jiang Lin that all his actions in the Heavenly Palace were under the other party's surveillance.
Want to break up?
Am I worthy of the other party doing this?
Moreover, that fire...
Jiang Lin pondered in his heart, a mere warning led to the burning of an entire library?
But what I want to check is just to see why the Tianren system has such confidence.
This should not be a secret in heaven.
Just a small action elicited such a simple, direct and rude response.
Or, in the eyes of certain beings in the Celestial Being system, the act of burning down the library is only worthy of being regarded as a warning.
A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit?
In the eyes of some beings in the celestial world, behind this extremely simple behavior lies a terrifying background.
As for the fire that burned down the library, Jiang Lin already had some guesses in his mind. In other words, if he couldn't even recognize the fire after seeing it, he wouldn't be worthy of being a Taoist disciple.
Even in the Tushita Palace, there are celestial gods?
Is this a demonstration to himself, or to the Black Law Division?
Jiang Lin's eyes became more reserved and profound, and his gaze fell on the thick book on the table.
The reason why the Tianren faction is so generous, or so confident, may be attributed to this.
Thinking this in his mind, Jiang Lin opened the thick book in front of him.
There is a history about celestial beings, or the celestial beings in heaven.
……
In the ancient times, or after the chaos of ancient times, the Heavenly Court completed its complete control over the three realms and put everything back on absolute track.
That era, let’s call it the “Middle Ages”.
At that time, the Heavenly Palace had just been established. Although the structure of the Three Realms had been formed and the underworld also had the Six Paths of Reincarnation, all living beings had a foundation.
But the three realms are still in chaos.
Even though the Jade Emperor and the Four Imperial Emperors are already in power, all the gods, spirits, stars and thunders are under their control.
But that's just the top layer.
From the Four Imperial Emperors downwards, there are too few specific executors. Even the Jade Emperor and the Four Imperial Emperors cannot do it personally.
In this dilemma, the heavenly path, which is the most blessed, the most important, the purest and the most spiritual among the six paths of reincarnation, came into the sight of the great gods.
Therefore, the celestial beings who were already born in heaven can take a further step under such circumstances.
Countless celestial beings were "promoted out of turn", their names were recorded in the Heavenly Court, and they were quickly filled into the countless god positions in Heaven.
The angels began to exercise God's authority.
During that period, the celestial beings were at their most glorious, and almost all the divine duties and powers were exercised by the celestial beings.
The heavenly beings did not cause any harm to the three realms because of this. Instead, they did a very good job, or even excellently.
That was a very good time. The Emperor of Heaven granted authority to the celestial beings, and the celestial beings used the authority to govern the three realms.
Heaven, earth and man are all in their proper places, the world is prosperous, the underworld is orderly, and there is no need to mention the heaven.
But this won't last long.
Changes have occurred. As I said before, whether they are celestial beings or immortals, they are all human beings, and humans cannot be free from desires.
Even the celestial beings who control most of the power in the three realms are no exception.
Once you have one, you want two, and once you have two, you want three. Not to mention, you suddenly lose something after you have it.
The initial change came from a change in the underworld.
The Six Caverns Demon rose from the underworld, and in almost an instant, turned most of the underworld into a demon world.
Cheng Tian Xifu, one of the Four Imperial Guardians, did not take any action.
Because the great emperor has more important things to do - the main theme of the Three Realms is always cycle, and the immortals are a minority among the minority.
And in the cycle, the six realms of reincarnation in the underworld are the starting point and end point of everything.
As long as the six great demons have not affected the six realms of reincarnation, Hou Tu Huang Di Ji will not take any action.
The heavenly beings held God's authority at that time, and the underworld was no exception.
However, in front of the Six Cave Demons, the celestial beings failed.
The gods and spirits in the underworld failed to successfully prevent the Six Cave Heavenly Demons from eroding and infecting the underworld.
Therefore, the Jade Emperor issued a decree, ordering the Emperor of Ziwei to manifest the Dharma body of the Northern Emperor, descend to the underworld, perform the great demon Black Law, and subdue the six heavenly demons.
This is how Fengdu and the Seventy-two Demon Palaces came into being.
After Fengdu was built, the Northern Emperor, with this achievement and the consideration of suppressing the six-hole sky demons, was transformed from the Northern Emperor to the Northern Yin Fengdu Xuanqing Emperor and the Nine Netherworlds Sin-eliminating Heavenly Lord.
That is the Emperor of Fengdu.
At the beginning, most of the power that was separated from Fengdu was, as usual, managed by the celestial beings.
However, changes have also begun.
At the beginning, it was an ordinary ascension.
An ascender named "Bian Zhuang" ascended to heaven as a disciple of the Ziwei lineage.
From that time on, the gods discovered that times seemed to have changed.
With the appearance of the Six-Hole Heavenly Demon, the Three Realms became chaotic, and countless evil monsters were born.
During this turmoil, Bian Zhuang also seized control of the military power in a very short period of time, and step by step, he wiped out countless evil demons. The turmoil that the gods could not solve was easily quelled by Bian Zhuang.
Finally, he was conferred titles by the Great Celestial Venerable: the Patriarch of the Nine Heavens, the Father of the Five Directions, the General of the North Pole Zuoyuan, the Commander-in-Chief, the Grand Marshal, the True Lord Tianpeng.
Ranked below Ziwei, the leader of the Four Saints of the North Pole!
There was no such thing as the Four Holy Ones of the North Pole at that time.
But soon, as if with a signal, Zhenwu, Heisha...
Great gods among the ascended beings have emerged like mushrooms after a rain. They have stronger strength and deeper experience than the celestial beings, and are better at handling the affairs of the three realms.
Whether it is the old leading the new, or any other explanation, the first ascenders passed down the Dharma, and batches of disciples ascended.
After an ascender named Zhang Daoling appeared, the blessing called "Tianlu" was approved after he reported it to the Great Heavenly Venerable.
Since then, the Ascension System has been vaguely placed on a par with the Celestial System.
Originally, when they arrived here, the celestial beings still had the advantage, whether it was the advantage in numbers or the advantage of holding important positions, in short, it existed.
Especially in the underworld.
The emergence of Fengdu resulted in the gods once again having more authority to exercise.
However, another ascender appeared.
His name is Wei Boxian.
Under the instruction of the Emperor of Fengdu, or the Emperor of Ziwei, Wei Boxian created a set of laws.
The emergence of this most stringent, cruel and comprehensive set of heavenly laws has made the Six Cave Heavenly Demons no longer a burden, but a force that can be controlled by specific practitioners!
With these changes, the heavenly beings also lost their authority in the underworld.
That volume of laws was named: Beiyin Fengdu Taixuan's Black Laws for Controlling Demons.
With this achievement, Wei Boxian ascended to the heaven and, together with Tianpeng, established a government under the name of Ziweiyuan.
It is called: Arctic Exorcism House.
The Heavenly Talisman was further evolved and strengthened.
At this point, the authority of the celestial beings was completely suppressed by the Ascension System.
Under such a contrast, the gods naturally could not accept it.
So began the struggle that continues to this day.
(End of this chapter)
