Pawn Crossing the River

The biggest superficial difference between Zhenzhi Zhenren and ordinary Zhenzhen is that Zhenzhi Zhenren has titles, such as Donghua, Qingwei, Cihang, Wanmiao, Feiyuan, etc.

Some of these titles come from various Taoist branches before Xuansheng integrated the Taoist sect, such as Donghua lineage, Qingwei lineage, and Cihang lineage. Some of these titles come from the inheritance of certain ancestors' Taoist titles from generation to generation, such as Yuying and Wanshou. , Sanxuan and so on.

Theoretically speaking, every Zhenzhi master has a title, but it's just troublesome to call it. Most people don't use it very much, and it is still commensurate with their positions. There are only a few princes who are special exceptions.

On the contrary, Pingzhang Daren did not have a title, because the thirty-six Shenzhi Zhenren were established during the founding period of Xuansheng. At that time, there was no such thing as Pingzhang Daren, and there was no such position. The Taoist sect established Pingzhang Daren. What happened later. Just as the cabinet of the imperial court was initially just a secretarial advisory body, it later gradually evolved into the highest decision-making body of the imperial court.

Qi Xuansu can also choose a title after being promoted to Shenzhi Zhenren - the Taoist titles of the ancestors of the past generations have been accumulated continuously, and the number has exceeded the number of thirty-six.

However, priority is generally given to descendants, that is, descendants and apprentices are given priority to inherit the name of their ancestors, and others cannot take it away. Someone like Zhang Yuelu is more suitable. She can inherit either "Cihang" or "Feiyuan". After she has finished choosing, others can choose.

Under normal circumstances, everyone has a tacit understanding that if they are not from this family, they will not use the name of this family. Li Changge would not lose his mind and go crazy to grab a "Master Fei Yuan" to hang on his head.

In fact, Qi Xuansu prefers the title "Zhenren Wanmiao", but unfortunately it has already been used by someone else, and the person who used it is still named Qi, so he can only choose another one.

Qi Xuansu thought about it a lot and finally chose the title of "Zhenren Taiwei".

This is the Taoist name of the founder of Donghua lineage, and it is also one of the first thirty-six real people of Jinque after the integration of Taoism. Since "Donghua real person" has been used by Master Pei Xuanzhi, Qi Xuansu has to settle for the second best and use Donghua lineage. "Taiwei", which is second only to "Donghua", is also reasonable. The relationship between the two is like the Great Saint Ancestor and the Holy Ancestor.

For this kind of matter, Qi Xuansu can just talk to the assistant manager of Jinque, because the Taoist sect will have to publish a newspaper in the palace to announce it to the world. Now it is decided that after the assistant manager of Jinque is registered, the Taoist sect will directly write it in the newspaper. Knowing "Master Taiwei" Qi Xuansu, everyone in the Taoist sect will know about it, and there is no need for Qi Xuansu to announce his family name one by one when meeting and greeting him.

As for Da Zhenren, their surnames naturally start with their surnames, such as Qi Da Zhenren.

If the surnames are repeated, the family will be divided according to age, for example, the big one is Mr. Li, the big one is Mr. Li, and the little one is Mr. Li. If they are not members of the same family, they can be distinguished by their names, surnames, and titles. They can also be referred to by their positions, such as Lan Poluo, Zhang Fenglin, Shi Wanxiang, and Yan Posuo. There are many ways.

After Qi Xuansu and Wu Niang completed the procedure, they found that Xiao Yin was still holding the red fruit.

Qi Xuansu deliberately teased her: "Xiao Yin, you only have one red fruit. Now I, Wu Niang, Lao Zhang, and Qiniang all want to taste what the red fruit tastes like. Who are you giving it to?"

Xiao Yin rolled his eyes and said, "Everyone is very good, so the principle is fairness, fairness, fairness."

Qi Xuansu nodded with satisfaction: "That's right."

Then Xiao Yin changed the topic: "I ate it myself, it's fair to everyone."

After saying that, Xiao Yin opened her big mouth and swallowed the red fruit in one gulp without even tasting it. This posture was for fear that Qi Xuansu would snatch her away.

Then Xiao Yin's face suddenly turned red, like a monkey's butt.

Zhu Guo has a strong fire energy, which usually needs to be refined into medicine, and cannot be swallowed directly.

I saw Xiao Yin's face was red, her mouth was open, her tongue was sticking out, she was breathing out, and she suddenly breathed out a mouthful of fire, turning into a veritable fire-breathing baby.

Therefore, many methods of Taoism are beyond the reach of ordinary people. This is Xiao Yin. If it were an ordinary person, if he swallowed the red fruit alive, not to mention the chance, he would be completely destroyed.

Qi Xuansu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You naughty kid, we won't rob you, will you suffer? Let you have a longer memory."

Xiao Yin was like a child who had eaten chili secretly. It was so spicy that she couldn't speak. She looked at Qi Xuansu and Wu Niang with tears in her eyes.

It had to be Wuniang. She was not only an immortal, but also an expert at playing with fire. It was not a problem to deal with a little anger. She just patted Xiao Yin on the back a few times and restored Xiao Yin to her original state.

Xiao Yin threw herself into Wu Niang's arms and rubbed her head hard against her.

Just at this moment, Master Donghua came over.

When Qi Xuansu was talking to the Heavenly Master just now, Wuniang had already met a group of real people. At this time, Zhenren Donghua obviously came to see Qi Xuansu, so Wuniang picked up Xiao Yin and left.

Qi Xuansu greeted Master Donghua, and the master and disciple walked side by side.

Master Donghua said: "I won't say any more words of congratulations. I only have one request for you, to reach the pseudo-immortal stage as soon as possible."

Qi Xuansu said: "This is natural."

Donghua Zhenren continued: "The fastest way for ordinary people to gain power is to establish an organization, and the second is to join an organization. However, organizations have thresholds, and you can't just enter if you want to. Moreover, a complete and mature organization usually has many monks and few people, and it takes a lot of work. Comparatively, establishing an organization is more direct and effective. This is why secret associations are repeatedly banned, and it is also one of the reasons why Taoist sects strictly control associations. , the various missionary clubs in the village are all in this category.”

"The same is true for Patriarch Jin Gong, Zhou Mengyao and others. Due to various historical problems, they were unable to be promoted and gain power within the Taoist sect, so they could only establish organizations outside the Taoist sect. The more people an organization affects, the more power it has. The bigger it gets.”

"The existence condition of an organization is interest, the existence condition of power is the right to distribute interests, and the most fundamental foundation is to establish an organizational structure that can generate interests. Therefore, the two most basic things in governing the world are where the money comes from, and It’s about generating benefits, but where does the money go? It’s about distributing benefits. It can’t solve these two problems. No matter how many principles you use, it’s useless. You can only set up a pot to cook white rice, but there is no way to set up a pot to cook rice.”

"But the lowest level logic of an organization is not power or interests, but force. With force, you can gain power, and you can also seize benefits. The force of force of us Taoist people is largely a matter of realm cultivation. Yours Realm cultivation is the most important thing.”

Qi Xuansu's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but ask: "Master suddenly mentioned this matter, has there been any change?"

Donghua Zhenren did not explain clearly, but said: "Back then, Emperor Jing and the Crown Prince Wu were playing chess. Due to a dispute over the chess moves, Emperor Jing, who was still the crown prince, got angry and beat the Crown Prince Wu to death with a chessboard. Luozi Tianyuan was a stinky chess piece, but Luozi Tianling is the master of chess."

Qi Xuansu still couldn't understand what Master Donghua meant.

The rules of Jinque are very big, and all Taoist priests must abide by them, but the basis for maintaining these rules is force.

Why doesn’t the Holy Court follow the rules of the Taoist sect? Because the Holy Court is not afraid of Taoism in terms of force.

The same is true within the Taoist sect. Adding up the upper and lower Taoist sects, if someone controls half of the Taoist sect's force, what are the rules for them? If you really push it to the extreme, is it someone breaking the law? Or is it against the law? You said I was rebelling, but I also said you were rebelling. Our subordinates will see the truth and win the battle.

It's hard to say.

Qi Xuansu immediately said: "I will prepare to become a pseudo-immortal after I return. If nothing happens, it will be in the past few days."

Master Donghua was not surprised and said: "The best thing is that if you become a pseudo-immortal, you will have the power to protect yourself. The sooner you become an immortal, the more active you will be. You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat."

Qi Xuansu knew that the current situation was not optimistic. Because the time to elect the Grand Master is getting closer and closer, whether it is Donghua Zhenren or Qingwei Zhenren who are elected, when conflicts intensify, there is a possibility that the other faction will not recognize it. No one can say for sure. In this case, Master Donghua had to make preparations in advance.

Donghua Zhenren finally sighed: "The Taishang Taoist ancestor said: 'Government by doing nothing.' It is good to govern by doing nothing, but what if it cannot be cured by doing nothing? Conflicts must be resolved, Taoism must be reintegrated, and divisions eliminated. Instead of leaving things to Later generations of disciples might as well solve the problem as our generation."

Qi Xuansu left Jinque and returned home. He found Wuniang and asked Wuniang to help him protect the law so that no one would interfere.

This "someone" is actually the outsider, but the key is the insider in the family.

I'm talking about Xiao Yin. Qi Xuansu hasn't forgotten what happened last time.

Wu Niang was of course guaranteed that there would be no problem, whether it was outside or at home.

In any case, Wuniang was quite reliable, so Qi Xuansu handed Xiao Yin to Wuniang and took out the "Xuanyu".

This time Qi Xuansu did not touch the two pieces of "Xuan Jade" given by Yao Shu for the time being, and used the second piece of "Xuan Jade" given by Master Donghua.

Of course, Qi Xuansu's new home has a special place for retreat and a formation.

However, Qi Xuansu first called Yan Yongzhen and told Yan Yongzhen that he was going to retreat. He also told Yan Yongzhen that if something happened, ordinary things, Yan Yongzhen would handle them at his own discretion. As for major matters, if they were not urgent, he would wait until he finished the retreat. If they were more urgent, For personal matters, please contact Master Qiwuqi, and for official matters, please contact Master Donghua.

Yan Yongzhen said he would take note of it and asked Qi Zhenren to rest assured.

After Qi Xuansu arranged various things, he officially began to retreat and dreamed of Lingshan.

Qi Xuansu still left a message from the familiar Qiniang. Qi Xuansu arrived at the old place and met Shi Hengbo.

Behind her are eleven totems symbolizing the eleven witches.

At this time, Wu Fan's totem has risen to the fifth scale, the totems of Wu Ding, Wu Zhen, Wu Lu, and Wu Xiang have risen to the sixth scale, the totems of Wu Yang and Wu Xian have risen to the seventh scale, and the totems of Wu Luo, Wu Luo, and Wu Xian have risen to the seventh scale. The totems of Wu Peng and Wu Gu have reached the eighth scale. Only Wu Ji has no scale left.

In summary, Qi Xuansu's six inheritances have all reached the immeasurable stage, among which the Sanren inheritance, the Wufu inheritance, and the Wuzhu inheritance are already in the creation stage.