Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu was no longer polite, raised his palm, and a black dot as big as a grain of rice jumped out from his palm, and then the black dot rapidly enlarged, and in a blink of an eye it was already the size of a chicken egg, like a whirlpool, deep and bottomless, madly swallowing all the light around it. Read

Li Xuandu learned from the last lesson and avoided using the "Taiyi Fa Jue" twice in a row without any gaps, and directly used the first level of "Taiyi Fa Jue".

The Confucianists all changed color when they saw this scene.

Li Xuandu threw the black ball in his hand upwards, and saw that the black ball exploded directly, dyeing the sky into pure black, without the blue sky, the turbid air rose, the clear air fell, the sky was below, the earth was above, the world was turned upside down, the yin and yang were reversed, and the time of the day was forcibly changed.

This change was so obvious that people could immediately notice the difference. Many people with low cultivation levels just felt a sudden chill all over their bodies, as if they had suddenly gone from summer to late autumn, while people in the upper three realms could clearly sense that at this moment, the heaven and earth were separated, the earth's yin energy was rising, and the palace city, which was protected by a large formation, was fine, but the entire outer city seemed to have become an isolated island.

This scene undoubtedly reminded people of the scene when the earth master attacked the Great Immortal Mansion.

Today's Li Xuandu is no less powerful than the earth master Xu Wugui, who had not yet survived a heavenly tribulation. If various external objects are counted, he is even better.

Without the order of Elder Long, many Confucianists, including the three hermits, retreated and dispersed, leaving only Elder Long standing alone.

Li Xuandu stretched out his arm and pulled out the "Knock on the Heavenly Gate" inch by inch from the void. Various celestial phenomena changed on the sword, with the sun and the moon rising in the east and setting in the west, the mountains and rivers changing, and the grass and trees withering and flourishing.

At this moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.

Countless dazzling white lights bloomed in the dark sky, and light and darkness intertwined to create a fragmented and mottled scene.

Li Xuandu looked up at the sky. In addition to the black and white picture of light and darkness, there were nine suns in his vision.

With the Imperial Capital as the center, the nine suns formed a circle and were arranged neatly.

After a while, the aura of "Taiyi Fa Jue" and the white light dissipated together, and the world returned to clarity, leaving only the nine suns still hanging in the sky.

Li Xuandu had some understanding. This might be the method used by Elder Long to deal with Qin Qing, and it was also the last backhand of the Confucian School.

Elder Long leaned forward slightly: "Welcome all the predecessors."

At the critical moment of life and death, the Confucian School invited the saint to show his holiness at the cost of completely destroying an immortal object, and all the predecessors accompanied the saint to the world. Although it was not the real body that appeared, but just a wisp of divine thought, without the cultivation of the immortal realm, the momentum was also extremely terrifying.

The light of the nine suns slowly dissipated, revealing nine figures, including a serious scholar with a high hat and a wide belt, and a madman with disheveled hair.

One of them said, "Abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone. Counting on my fingers, our Confucianism has established rules for the world for more than 1,700 years, which is what people want."

Another wild man with disheveled hair laughed and said, "You want to change the rules of the world today, have you ever asked us?"

Li Xuandu pointed the sword in his hand at the person who was speaking and said calmly, "Today I will not talk to you about the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, nor will I talk to you about the Southern Hua Taoist Lord. There is a famous saying of Xunzi in the Confucianism, which you should know, that is, 'The way of heaven is constant, it does not exist for Yao, nor does it perish for Jie'. The rise and fall is the principle of the cycle of heaven and earth. Does the Confucianism also want to be like Zulong and dream of thousands of generations?"

Among the nine people, the old man with a tall hat and a wide belt has the most majestic momentum, as if he is sitting between heaven and earth, suppressing all unorthodox ways. I think when this person is still alive, he must be a world-famous figure. Even if he is not as good as the saints, he is also a hero of the time.

In other words, which of the nine people present was not a great man of the time.

The old man with a tall hat and a wide belt spoke slowly, his voice like a huge bell, resounding between heaven and earth: "He is not meticulous in his choice, and he is not detailed in his words. Xunzi is all Legalism, and he has lost the essence of human nature with just one sentence, 'human nature is evil.'"

Li Xuandu's face became serious, and he suddenly realized: "So it is a school of Neo-Confucianism."

As the master of the world, the Confucian school has more complicated schools than the Taoist school, from the Zixue of Zulong, to the Confucian classics of Baidi, to the later metaphysics, Buddhism, and the three religions, and finally to the Neo-Confucianism and the School of Mind today. The four schools with the greatest influence correspond to the four great saints of Confucianism.

The Great Sage and Teacher only said: "The nature is similar, but the habits are different."

This is the difference between the theory of human nature of the second sage and the theory of human nature of Xunzi, which is somewhat similar to the difference between Nanhua Daojun and Yang Zhu.

At first, the second sage and Xunzi were evenly matched, until the rise of Neo-Confucianism, which began to criticize Xunzi, causing Xunzi's status in Confucianism to plummet. The second sage became the orthodox successor of the Supreme Sage and the second generation leader recognized by Confucianism, ranking second among the four great saints. Just as Nanhua Daojun and Taishang Daozu have always been listed as Laozi and Zhuangzi, but Yang Zhu has never been heard of.

These words are exactly what the Neo-Confucian school said to criticize Xunzi, especially the last sentence, which came directly from the mouth of the Neo-Confucian sage.

Then this person is from the Neo-Confucian school.

Li Xuan was a little surprised that the person who came this time was not from the School of Mind, but from the School of Principle. Although the School of Mind and the School of Principle have a certain inheritance relationship, they also have oppositions. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment of the survival of Confucianism, the School of Mind and the School of Principle could completely put aside their past grudges.

But when I think about it again, this is reasonable. The so-called setting rules for the world is a great contribution to the Neo-Confucian school. Although there has been a saying that all schools of thought were abolished and Confucianism was the only one, Confucianism also faced challenges from both Buddhism and Taoism. During the Great Yan period of Murong's family, Buddhism proposed that Buddhism was the right way and the three religions belonged to Buddha. The subsequent Li family called themselves descendants of the Taoist ancestor, respecting the Taishang Taoist ancestor as the Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor, and the Queen Mingkong respected Buddhism, and the three religions had been in parallel for hundreds of years.

It was not until the Great Jin Dynasty that the Neo-Confucian school began to revive the Confucian school and attack Buddhism and Taoism. In order to compete with the gods and Buddhas of Buddhism and Taoism, Neo-Confucianism proposed the theory of "Heavenly Law" and also portrayed the mythology of heaven and moral theology. Confucianism thus completely became a sect of Taoism and Buddhism, that is, among the three religions. Confucianism. At this point, Confucianism suppressed Buddhism and won the world again.

Therefore, although the Neo-Confucian saints are not as perfect as the first two saints, they have become the third Confucian saint second only to the most saints and the sub-saints by virtue of recreating Confucianism. This is the rise of Confucianism. The Lord, only the Neo-Confucian saint who was carrying great achievements, could drive Xun Qing, who was once as famous as the sub-sage, out of the Confucian Temple.

The relationship between the Neo-Confucian saint and the Mind saint is like the relationship between the Most Sage and the Sub-Sage. As the world develops, the Neo-Confucian school has too confined people's hearts and is backfired. The heart-to-heart sect has repaired the shortcomings of Neo-Confucian school and stabilized the shaky Confucian school. It can be said that it is turning the tide at the fall, supporting the building at the forefront, and adding the heart-to-heart sect The character of a saint was able to become the fourth saint.

Simply put, Neo-Confucianism advocates only one answer, and everyone can only follow this answer, that is, "the law of nature". There is no answer to the idea of ​​the study of the mind, you can only look for it yourself, and know yourself in this process, that is, the unity of knowledge and action.

Compared with Neo-Confucianism, the study of mind is undoubtedly a step further and more in line with the orthodox Confucianism of the most sages and teachers. This has also led to the emergence of many talents in the Confucian school, such as Zhang Suqing and others, who are all people in the study of mind, but the Learning can only be popular in the upper class of Confucianism. Ordinary people still believe in the rules set by the school of Neo-Confucianism. The laws of heaven are God. If they do not abide by the rules, they will be criticized by thousands of people. The sky will be struck by lightning. Therefore, Neo-Confucianism still has great significance in the school of Confucianism. power.

In other words, the rules that Li Xuan had to break were the foundation of the Neo-Confucian school, and they had to fight to the death.

To be fair, the study of the mind is greatly influenced by Buddhism and the Neo-Confucianism is greatly influenced by Taoism, but their roots are still Confucianism, and they are destined not to give in.

The old man led by Gao Guanbo said in a deep voice: "Since the law of heaven is a rule, you actually tried to overturn the law of heaven and cause trouble to the world, and your crimes should be punished."

Li Xuandu said: "There are no unchanging rules in the world. If the Confucian rules are no longer suitable for this world, then they are not considered rules."

"Bold!"

"presumptuous!"

"Damn it!"

Several angrily shouts sounded at the same time.

Unfortunately, they are all incarnations of divine thoughts, and Li Xuan just thinks it is the breeze blowing on his face and turning a deaf ear to him.

Until this moment, the old man Long was the one who could really threaten Li Xuandu.

Although the predecessors are terrifying, they are not too much trouble for real immortals.

Li Xuandu stood his sword in front of him and said no more.

The madman with disheveled hair shook his head slightly, and a faint expression of pity appeared on his face: "Heaven can still live if he commits evil. He can't live if he commits evil."

The man in Confucian shirt beside the madman sneered, "Since you are seeking death, we will fulfill you."

One of them pointed his hand at Li Xuandu: "You have fallen into the sky, it's too late to regret it."

Li Xuandu was unmoved by these words and took one step forward.

The next moment, Li Xuandu stepped directly at the top of the city, only two feet away from the still-moving Old Man Long.

Nine figures fell on the top of the city at the same time, surrounding Li Xuan.

The sword energy of Li Xuandu’s "Knocking the Sky Gate" in his hand was very strong, which was very different from the last time.

Li Xuandu has successfully broken through to the wonderful realm of the Nascent Soul. The power of the "Knocking the Sky Gate" changes with the realm of the Sword Lord. The current "Knocking the Sky Gate" is exactly the same as when he was in Li Daoxu's hands.

Li Daoxu once used "knocking at the gate of heaven" to destroy the golden body of the old man Zang in the cave heaven of the Hedao Ghost Kingdom, and also severely damaged Lu Wushen.

Li Xuandu said, "The nine people joined forces to break my 'Taiyi Magic Art', so how about taking my sword?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuandu let go of the "Knocking the Sky Gate" in his hand. Under the urging of swordsmanship, he "Knocking the Sky Gate" transformed into nine, and at the same time stabbed the incarnation of nine Confucian ancestors.

Among them, the eight "Knocking the Gate of Heaven" were originally transformed by sword energy and had no entity. However, these Confucian sages also had no entity. No matter how powerful their deity was, they could not slightly stop the extinction of the immortal sword at this time.

In an instant, eight Confucian sages and sword energy turned into dots of flowing flowers and dissipated.

The original body of "Knocking the Gate of Heaven" is heading straight for the old man led by Gao Guanbo.

This old man is worthy of being the highest cultivation among the nine people. He barely blocked the "Knocking the Sky Gate", but he still suffered heavy damage and his body was erratic.

He also understood a truth: time has changed, and this world is no longer the world they were in the world.

Before he completely returned to heaven, he said in a deep voice: "Please ask the saint to show his holy."