[Honghuang] After dressing as the goddess of laurel, I came to Honghuang again

Shang Zhi froze for a moment, wondering if what he said meant what he understood.

He knew that there would be a Heavenly Lord in the Heavenly Court in the future, suspected to be one of Lao Tzu's three corpses, but he thought that would have to wait a long time later, at least in the Heavenly Court during the Haotian period. interest?

Shang Zhi asked himself not to think too much, and kept calm and sounded out a sound to test: "Heavenly Court has just been established, so of course everything is missing, what do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist?"

Lao Tzu waved his whisk, and an old man with kind eyebrows and kind eyes immediately appeared next to him. When he saw Shang Zhi, he bowed slightly and said aloud: "I have met fellow Taoists, and I am the Supreme Lord."

Shang Zhi's fingers clenched subconsciously.It's really the Supreme Lord, he suddenly had some expectations that he shouldn't have.Maybe Taishang Laojun really wants to enter the Heavenly Court?

Then I heard Lao Tzu say: "This is my good corpse, who has acquired my ability to refine elixir. It would be too leisurely to stay in this Tushita Palace every day, so let him follow you to that court and find something for him to do. How about letting him supply a batch of golden pills to Heaven every period of time?"

how?Of course good.

Shang Zhi couldn't help being overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Of course it's a good thing if you can get help from fellow Taoists."

Lao Tzu slowly shook his head: "I can't say that. Let him go to Heaven to get in touch with more monks. I wanted to find a disciple, but I was never satisfied. Now that I go to Heaven, I can get in touch with more monks. This is mutual benefit. .”

That is to say, but Shang Zhi is the kind of person who doesn't know good and bad, there are so many places he can go, why did he go to him at birth?

It's just that, Shang Zhi originally wanted to ask Lao Tzu for advice.

Lao Tzu saw the change in his expression and asked, "But what's the matter?"

Shang Zhi hesitated for a moment, and finally lost his embarrassment, and asked: "There is indeed one thing. I have a large array of guardians who specialize in defense. As we all know, fellow Taoists have excellent comprehension in defense, so I want to ask you Can you give me some advice to take this formation to a higher level."

Lao Tzu is also interested in the formation, and upon hearing this, he said, "Since that's the case, can you let me see the formation, just a part of it."

After all, it is Shang Zhi's important guardian formation, I am not the one who set up the formation, and in order to avoid suspicion, I can't see the whole formation.

This is not to say that the relationship between the two is too bad, so we should deliberately guard against it.But it is not necessary.If something really happened, it would cause trouble for both parties for no reason.

He agreed to help, and Shang Zhi was of course happy.He took out the mother array and handed it to Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu stroked his beard and looked at it for a long time. After a long while, he nodded and said: "This formation is very complete, and there is no room for modification. If I have any suggestions, this is here..."

Lao Tzu pointed at one of the positions and said: "If conditions permit, you give up the monk guarding here, and instead use a weapon to suppress luck, it may have a miraculous effect. But remember, don't place the killing spirit. For example , if my Taiji Diagram is placed here, the effect will be very good, but if it is placed here with the Heaven-reaching Zhuxian Sword, it will be counterproductive."

Shang Zhi was thoughtful.As for the thing that suppresses luck, he can take out one thing, which is the Chaos Orb that Hongjun gave him at that time, but the Chaos Orb has not been refined yet, so he will sacrifice it first when he returns.

Came to Tushita Palace, Shang Zhi got a good harvest, thanked Laozi repeatedly, and made an appointment for the time when Taishang Laojun would go to the Heavenly Court. Halfway through, he was stopped by a little boy.

"Dare to ask senior, but senior Shang Zhi." The boy cupped his hands and asked crisply.

Shang Zhi looked at Xiao Tong curiously.He seems to be only a golden immortal, but now he can walk through the chaos. I am afraid that the master is also a saint, but why haven't he seen this little boy?

"Little boy is the water and fire boy that the master just enlightened. The master said that you will recognize me when you see this thing." The water and fire boy took out a blue gourd.

Shang Zhi looked so familiar with that gourd, wasn't it the one that Tongtian took from the gourd vine?

I still have a blue gourd that has not been sacrificed in my hand.

But why is Tongtian's boy waiting for him here?

Shuihuo boy said: "Master heard that you have been here for 33 days, so he asked me to wait here. He said that if he saw you, he would definitely bring you here to catch up with you."

Shang Zhi came to the boy, hesitantly said: "I will indeed go to Biyou Palace, but I originally planned to go to Yuxu Palace first, why don't you go to Yuxu Palace with me first, and then go to Biyou Palace together."

Unexpectedly, the water and fire boy seemed to be taken aback, and then patted his chest in embarrassment, his voice was almost crying: "It's not that the boy is unwilling, it's just that the master said, if I meet you, I must take you there first, let alone , if I go to Yuxu Palace, I'm afraid I will be shut out."

Shang Zhi looked at his appearance of wanting to cry but could not tell that he was pretending.

But is Yuan Shi that kind of person?Even if he quarreled with Tong Tian, ​​it wouldn't be enough to lock a little boy outside, it would be too unmannered, and the methods were too inferior.Yuanshi couldn't do this kind of thing either, and he wanted to close the gate only when Tongtian passed by.

But Shui Huo Tong'er couldn't explain it. He wiped away his tears with his sleeve, quietly watched Shang Zhi's expression with his eyes, and said in a low voice, "But it's okay if you and I go to Master's place first?"

Shang Zhi could see that he was determined to let him go to Biyou Palace first, and it was probably even Tong Tian's special request.What else can I do, of course I have to go.

Shang Zhi said: "Forget it, you lead the way, I will go there with you."

Shui Huo Tong'er immediately laughed through his tears, as if the sadness just now was an illusion.

Seeing his cheerful back, Shang Zhi patted his forehead.I don't know what happened to Tongtian, but I insisted on stopping him when he went to Yuxu Palace.He wasn't worried that Tongtian would harm him, it was impossible and impossible, it couldn't be their brothers fighting each other, so he deliberately stopped him first and let him go to Yuxu Palace last, right?so childish?

Facts have proved that it is indeed so naive.

Seeing Shang Zhi, Tong Tian smiled triumphantly: "You really let Xiao Tong cut you down?"

Shang Zhi had already expected his intentions, but he still pretended to be puzzled: "What do you mean, didn't the water and fire boy say that he happened to meet me?"

Master Tongtian went to see the boy of water and fire. The boy of water and fire shrank his neck, arched his hands, and said with a happy smile: "Little boy is leaving first, so don't disturb the master's work."

After all, he ran away in a hurry.

Tong Tian also knew that he had exposed his purpose, so he simply stopped pretending, and said bluntly: "I just want to stop you first, and let you go to the second brother's place in the end, to anger him."

"..." Shang Zhi couldn't help but said, "You guys are so naive."

He wanted to touch Tong Tian's head to see if he had a fever, and said in a word: "Do you think you can stop me first and let me come to Biyou Palace first to anger Yuan Shi? I'm afraid that your brother will think that I look down on him." , clearly agreed to visit your brothers in order, but left him at the end. He will blame me in the end, so don't blame me for confessing you."

Tong Tian waved his hand: "No, just rest assured, others may not be sure, and it is impossible to blame you."

Shang Zhi didn't expect him to be excited, and wanted him to wake up: "I don't have that much face."

Tong Tian hesitated for a while, and didn't know how to explain it. Anyway, he just didn't think Yuan Shi would really be angry with Shang Zhi, and he could still be angry with Yuan Shi by doing so.

To say why...

Tong Tian stroked his chin and pondered for a while, and finally found a suitable description.

They are all brothers, so he can't see that something is wrong with Yuan Shi.

If you want to say how arrogant Yuanshi is, he and Lao Tzu know best among the wild creatures.But this time when Yuan Shi disagreed with him, he even said something specially, one or two were too stubborn.

Forget it, but who is the other?

In the end, Tongtian discovered through clues and Yuanshi's occasional behavior that that person, Yu/Xi, might be Shang Zhi.

Tong Tian was so excited now, he thought he had found the secret of Yuanshi.Although they quarreled, Tongtian still understood one thing, that is, Yuanshi would argue with him because he was a brother.

And now, apart from him and Lao Tzu, Yuan Shi still cares so much about Shang Zhi,

Tongtian couldn't see the specific reason, but according to his intuition, he still chose to add trouble to Yuanshi in this way.

It's a pity that Shang Zhi regarded his words as nonsense, but said helplessly: "You brothers, don't use me as a raft when you quarrel. I will drag the family with you. If something happens, what will the family do?"

Tong Tian sighed when he heard his words, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that our disagreement would be passed on to you."

"Not really, but I'm well-informed." Shang Zhi pursed his lips and said, "But you should restrain yourself a bit, and don't let those people with bad intentions take advantage of your loopholes."

Sanqing used to have a detached position, and the other saints didn't dare to move because they were brothers and powerful.If there is a conflict in the relationship between brothers, it is inevitable that people will catch this point.For example, the two in the West.

But Tongtian frowned and said: "Don't talk about anything else, I really can't bear this. Tell me, they are all disciples. Why did Yuan Shi mock my disciples as heretics?"

They all called their names directly, which shows that Tongtian is very angry this time.

Shang Zhi only knew that they had different ideas, but he really didn't know the specific reason for their quarrel.He wanted to cover his ears and not listen, but Tong Tian had already said everything.

Shang Zhi: ...

In the end, he stayed there silently and listened to Tongtian's complaints.

Tongtian was full of grievances. He probably finally found someone to confide in, and began to criticize Yuanshi's behavior: "When we established the sect, you heard all the teachings."

Shang Zhi nodded with a "hmm."

"He said that he explained the way of heaven, divided the monks into three, six, and nine grades, and selected disciples with good talents and good feet to practice.

Shang Zhi continued to nod.He also knows that the disciples of Chanjiao pay attention to the precious and not the expensive.

Tongtian continued: "My disciples, I have made an agreement in the morning. I don't care what their footsteps are or what their backgrounds are. Since they are in my sect, there is no difference between wearing hair and horns, and being born with eggs. I treat them as Same, and then my disciple was ridiculed for heretics, and couldn't get into the stage, why!"

He slapped the table hard, startling Shang Zhi who was thinking.Seeing Tongtian's unconvinced and aggrieved look, Shang Zhi couldn't help but want to laugh: "I'm afraid that if others don't believe it, the sage will still be aggrieved."

Tong Tian realized that he did not share the same hatred with him, so he was a little anxious, and asked Shang Zhi: "Then tell me, who is right and who is wrong in this matter?"

Shang Zhi didn't make a choice right away, and said after a little thought: "Actually, emotionally, my thoughts are closer to yours. How many people can truly teach without discrimination and treat students equally? But precisely because of your philosophy, you have also given many monks who have no way to practice a way to seek the Tao."

Hearing what he said, Tong Tian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.He just said that when he founded Jiejiao, Shang Zhi admired his teachings very much.It was precisely because of this that he told Shang Zhi about his distress. After all, Shang Zhi would definitely understand the source of his anger.

Before I stood on Yuanshi's side, it made him depressed for a long time.

"But..." Shang Zhi suddenly had a turning point in his words, which caused Tong Tian to hang his heart.

"What's the but?" he asked.

"Rationally, I probably understand why Yuan Shi disagreed with cutting the teaching and lowering the threshold too low." Shang Zhi remembered Yuan Shi's words of admonition to himself, also telling him not to put his emotions too much on other things.

Thinking about it now, Yuan Shi put this thought on him, and I don't know if he should feel honored.

Tong Tian was really puzzled: "Why do you say that? Could it be for my own good?"

"Of course I think this move is for your own good. You care about your disciples, but to Yuanshi, those disciples are just strangers, and they will drag you down and let you be contaminated with the karma of the world. If you are poor in cultivation, you can't participate. Knowing the secrets, not knowing how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, with your personality, I am afraid you will not ignore it, and in the end it will only increase your troubles."

In Fengshen, Tongtian couldn't help but get into the game because his disciples were sent to death one after another.

Tongtian retorted consciously: "How could I be like this..." The more he talked, the more guilty he became, and finally shut up.

He seems to be such a person.

But this can't insult his disciples.

Tong Tian didn't expect that each of them had a reason, so he said discouragedly: "Then what do you mean, I was wrong?"

"Of course you're right. If I have the honor to be your disciple, but I'm not talented, I'm sure I'd be very grateful. Your thoughtful teaching without discrimination will make more and more monks submit."

"You're confusing me like this." Tong Tian frowned, "You said that I have a way of teaching without discrimination is correct, but you also said that recruiting too many disciples will taint karma, so what should I do? Is it against the doctrine? Are they?"

As soon as he said this, Shang Zhi hesitated for a while, and then said: "I have a way, but before that, I want to ask my friends, is your teaching and non-discrimination aimed at the prehistoric creatures, or just for cut-offs?" teaching disciple."

"What do you mean?" Tong Tian was puzzled, "Of course I am teaching the disciples who are willing to join me. They are not willing, and there is nothing I can do if I want to teach without discrimination."

The people next door are mocking them for being unorthodox.People can't see him as his disciple.

"No, what I mean is, if there is a place where these creatures with low talents can be screened, and then you can use your Taoism to help them enlighten and enlighten them, but these creatures may not be labeled as intercepted disciples, What do you think?" Shang Zhi glanced at Tongtian, testing his attitude.

This is actually an idea that Shang Zhi had long ago.

He wanted to start something like a school.It can let the prehistoric creatures obtain knowledge, but they are not limited to any sect or sect.

"What does this mean?" Tong Tian hesitated for a while, "Taoist teachings are mainly based on sects. If I didn't teach my disciples to learn the Jiejiao Taoism, how would they be different from other Jiejiao disciples?"

What's more, if there is the name of teacher and disciple, this disciple will also serve Jiejiao, but if there is no name of master and apprentice, then Jiejiao will make wedding dresses for others in vain.

Shang Zhi knew that he had misunderstood, and explained: "It's not what you understand, let me explain to you in detail."

"You also know that there is a threshold for cultivation. People with high talents can comprehend more things, while those with low talents can comprehend less. So for monks with different talents, if they use the same method to teach, it will not work. , will only result in twice the result with half the effort.”

Tong Tian was a little puzzled at first, but when he heard this, he became serious and listened carefully to Shang Zhi's story.

"Because of this difference in comprehension, we can actually adopt a hierarchical strategy when educating monks. For example, Jinxian teaches Xuanxian, Taiyi Jinxian teaches Jinxian, Daluo teaches Taiyi, and so on. After all, the higher the level of cultivation, the fewer the number of people, so it would be too extravagant to let the saints preach to the golden immortals. But there are more Taiyi golden immortals, more than enough to teach the golden immortals. In this case, resources can be guaranteed not to be wasted."

"I'll show you something."

Shang Zhi used his hand as a brush to draw a tall tower, then pointed to the bottom and said: "This place is dominated by Xuanxian, the Lord is teaching and transforming creatures with low strength, and those who are strong enough can break through the tower." , as long as you defeat the Xuanxian stationed here, you can go to the next level, go to the Jinxian, and continue to learn. By analogy, the stronger the strength, the higher the climbing tower, and from the top of the tower, you need Da Luoxiu for."

Tong Tian's eyes lit up, and then he frowned and said: "But Xuanxian's knowledge is too shallow, if they are allowed to teach living beings, I'm afraid they will misunderstand their children."

Shang Zhi had already thought about this point, and said with a smile: "This is simple, we can compile the method of enlightenment first, and then let them pass it on."

Tong Tian pondered for a while, then suddenly stood up.He walked around in the hall, came to Shang Zhi after a while, and asked the last question: "You should raise this matter because you hope that our enlightenment method can enter the tower, but if all the monks go to the tower , then wouldn’t our sect have no disciples who are willing to go?”

"Of course not, as you have heard, the tower only needs the early stage of Daluo to break through, but for us, the early stage of Daluo is just at the threshold. If they want to improve further, they have to go to various factions Studying and improving one's own strength. My idea is, starting from Taiyi, set up several pavilions, each pavilion is the law of different sects, so that these monks can get in touch with the Taoism of each school in advance for the time being. At the stage of Taiyi, they will You can go to study."

Tong Tian nodded: "It's also a way."

Shang Zhi coughed, and continued: "Actually, I not only want to join the Jujiao in this tower, I also want to test your two elder brothers to see if they are interested."

Tong Tian snorted coldly: "They are so old-fashioned, unlike me, they can accept your novelty."

"Try it, you won't lose money. If you don't succeed, it's another story." Shang Zhi knew that he was angry, and whispered, "If it succeeds, you don't want to know. When it comes to the stage of Taiyi, there are many people who choose to teach Or do you choose to teach more?"

Tong Tian frowned, slightly moved.

Shang Zhi patted him on the shoulder: "That's the decision. You can write here the Taoism that will be put on the Feixian Pagoda in the future. I will go to Yuxu Palace first." Find something for Tongtian to do , Let him stop thinking about other things.If you have the energy, come and help him build a school!

"Okay, okay, I understand." Tong Tian said, "Why is it called Feixian Pagoda?"

"Because graduating from this tower is regarded as ascending to immortality, so that's how it is called." In fact, he originally wanted to call the tower Tongtian Tower, which meant leading to heaven, but this hit the name of Tongtian. Can reluctantly give up.

Tong Tian was thoughtful, pulled him for a while and asked again: "Shang Zhi, this Feixian Pagoda, if those cultivators will eventually enter the sect of the Three Religions, which will benefit the Three Religions, what about you?"

"I also have my own purpose, and once this pagoda is completed, I can share some of the merits of enlightenment, and I can also publicize the heaven I am about to establish."

"What is the Heavenly Court?" Tongtian asked in confusion, until Shang Zhi realized that he hadn't told Tongtian that he was going to set up the Heavenly Court, so he briefly explained his purpose.

After hearing this, Tongtian said pleasantly, "Then I have to go too. I have a share in your Feixian Pagoda. When your Heavenly Court is established, you have to invite me to go there. It's just an external form."

"Okay, okay, no problem, the Heavenly Court is really established, I will definitely invite you. But compared to the Heavenly Court, I think the Feixian Pagoda should be completed sooner, and I will invite you when the monument is erected."

"Set up a monument?" Tong Tian didn't know what novelty he was going to come up with, but he was still very interested.

"You have written Taoism and educated living beings. I naturally want the cultivators who come to learn to know your names and understand who they have inherited." Shang Zhi joked, "Maybe after a long time, that monument will still become a monument. A magic weapon."

But Tongtian knew that Shang Zhi's move was not a joke.If the Feixian Pagoda is completed, countless souls will get cultivation resources, which will be of great merit.

After Shang Zhi left Biyou Palace, he was still thinking about Tongtian's words in his mind.

After the Taiyi Jinxian and Da Luo Jinxian in the Feixian Pagoda went to teach each other, can he really not fully benefit from it?of course not.After Feixian Pagoda was established, he was destined to be connected with Heavenly Court.When the monks leave the Feixian Pagoda, they will naturally accept this kind of affection. If the heavenly court needs talents in the future, even if they are reluctant to part with their status as disciples of saints, they are unwilling to come to the heavenly court to be shackled, but they will not be enemies of the heavenly court.

And it's not impossible to recruit them to work for Tianting, anyway, he doesn't engage in the list of gods, forcing people to work in Tianting.That way it won't be too repulsive.

It's just that if you want the Heavenly Court to become more attractive, you can't rely on the Feixian Pagoda alone, and you need other means.Let those powerful monks look at the heavenly court and are willing to join the heavenly court.

Regarding the second option, Shang Zhi already has an idea for the time being, but the Feixian Pagoda and the Heavenly Court have not yet been fully implemented, so they can only be put on hold for the time being.