The tall man finally carried the two baskets of sand on his back to the high platform. Just as he was about to unload them, he suddenly felt a warmth on his body and a heat flow surrounded him. When he looked back, he saw two shots coming from a distance.

The two dazzling lights focused on him, making him unable to open his eyes for a moment.

The strong man was about to turn sideways to avoid the light. At this moment, a basket filled with sand in front of him suddenly exploded. With a loud noise, the huge explosion force lifted the basket of sand into the air and sprayed it in all directions.

The strong man was thrown into the air like a piece of paper, then fell heavily from the sky and hit the base of the statue, killing him on the spot.

Everyone at the scene had not yet woken up from the shock, but they saw Taoist Master Xu Zhen suddenly kneeling on the ground, bowing three times and bowing nine times to the sky, and murmuring: "Yu Qing has a destiny, please tell me three yuan; my ancestor will appear."

, punish the heretics with evil intentions; spread the word of greatness, bring salvation to mankind and heaven; be as urgent as the law and order!"

All the Taoist priests at the scene also kowtowed to the ground with the Taoist priest and chanted scriptures. Upon seeing this, the majority of migrant workers also looked frightened and kowtowed to the ground, praying to God for protection and forgiveness of sins.

Although Tianci did not see how the strong man was blown off the platform, he understood that this must be the work of the Taoist priests. He remembered what Zuo Dian once said about the third son of the He family who was also inexplicably blown off.

The sky was struck by thunder. I thought that in order to oppress the people, the Taoist priest used such a cruel and inhumane method to kill people. If this evil evil is not eradicated, the local people will hardly have a peaceful life.

Tianlang secretly suppressed the anger in his heart, pretending to be nonchalant on the surface, and secretly thinking about how to eradicate this bully. While he asked Zuo Dian to secretly investigate the explosion, he began to make a head model for the statue.

After half a day's work, the head model of the statue was completed. Tianci sent the completed model to the Sanqing Temple in Qinglong Temple. When Taoist Master Xu Zhen and others took a look, they found that the head model was so lifelike that he provided it to Tianci.

The image of Xuanwu Tianzun in the portrait was exactly the same, but more agile and lifelike. He was immediately full of praise and ordered the craftsmen to immediately carve the head accordingly.

In order to successfully complete the carving of the head, Xu Zhen worshiped Tianci as the chief engineer, supervised and guided the craftsmen to complete the sculpture production, and also ordered his subordinates to serve the few people with good wine and food every day without any neglect.

Tianci directed a group of goldsmiths, stonemasons, masons, and Taoist priests at the construction site to shape, carve, polish, and gild the heads. Zuo Dian was mainly responsible for everyone's logistics. Under the personal care of Taoist Master Xu Zhen,

Next, Zuo Dian takes good care of everyone. He is very energetic when working. In his spare time, everyone is happy, talking about everything, and getting along very happily.

While Tianci led everyone to advance various works as scheduled according to the progress of the project, he also maintained information communication with several people outside the site through the little bird sent in by Chixia.

As the completion date approaches, Taoist Master Xu Zhen has also asked someone to deliver the invitation letter to attend the inauguration ceremony to the Imperial Palace.

Xuanwu Zhenren, the national master of the current dynasty, was originally the grand master of the current emperor Wu Beikun. After Wu Beikun succeeded to the throne, he worshiped his teacher as the national master and respected him as Xuanwu Tianzun.

Xuanwu studied Taoism from the founder of the Lingbao sect, Zhou Zu, since he was a child. The Lingbao sect was originally a small branch of many Taoist sects, but Xuanwu was smart and studious, and passed down the teachings from his master. After he left the apprenticeship, he founded the Tiangang sect, which spread throughout the south.

It is quite influential, especially in some minority areas.

Wu Beikun's biological mother, Queen Mother Huang, was originally a princess of the Jingchun tribe in the south. At that time, the entire Jingchun tribe was a believer in the Tiangang Sect and was very devout. The Jingchun Kingdom can also be said to be a kingdom that unites politics and religion, and the sect is in the rule of the kingdom.

occupies a pivotal position.

It was with the help of Xuanwu Zhenren, the leader of the Tiangang Sect, that the Huang family was able to marry King Wuyu, the ancestor of Dafeng who was fighting in the south at that time. With this marriage relationship, the Jingchun Kingdom was able to take over the country under the protection of Dafeng.

The name of the new vassal state survived.

After Dafeng unified the world, under the recommendation of Huang Fei, Xuanwu entered the palace and served Huang Fei. Later, Huang Fei asked Xuanwu to be the teacher of her grandson Wu Beikun. He was succeeded by Huang Fei's eldest son Wu Shizhong.

After ascending the throne, Master Xuanwu has always regarded himself as a grand master, tutoring and accompanying the growth of the prince Wu Beikun.

After becoming the national preceptor, the Tiangang Sect became very popular in the Great New Kingdom. It not only crowded out the Buddhist forces that had been popular in the Central Plains for a long time, but also had a lot of impact on several authentic sects of Taoism. Especially in some places, sectarian forces

Taking advantage of the situation to become stronger and stronger, it even suppressed the local government and had the tendency to overstep its authority. This situation caused a lot of criticism in the court, and some ministers even tried to impeach the Tiangang Sect.

The Imperial Master was having a headache over this matter, and now he had received an invitation from the leader of the Tiangang Sect in Qingshen County to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Tianzun Statue. Should he send someone to attend? He couldn't make up his mind at the moment.

He had already heard about the giant statue built by the leader of the Tiangang Sect in Qingshen County for his birthday. This person has always acted domineeringly and attracted a lot of criticism. Although he did not agree with such a high-profile thing like the statue, he thought of it.

This man was still loyal to him, and when he thought that this was also the admiration expressed by the parishioners for him, he felt that it was understandable.

Finally, he decided to send Hua Chengzi, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, to attend the ceremony. This man was once his disciple and is now in charge of religious affairs in the court. By sending him, he gave the Qingshen Tiangang Sect face, which can be said to the outside world.

The purpose is to conduct inspections and inspections of the Qingshen Tiangang Sect. If any violation of religious rules and teachings is found, the sect can be cleaned up on the spot.

He immediately summoned Hua Chengzi and told him: "This time you are going to Qingshen County to attend the inauguration ceremony, and by the way, you will supervise the Qingshen Tiangang Sect. Regarding the leader of Xu Zhen, it is rumored that he relies on the power of the church to bully one party and bully men.

Tyrant girl, she is greedy, perverts the law, and does all kinds of evil. If you go here, if there is any real evidence, especially whether her loyalty to the deity is true, otherwise, you can take measures on the spot to clean up the Tiangang Sect, and there is no need to ask for instructions again."

"The power of Shenqing Tiangang Sect is huge. To prevent any unexpected events, when you go, I will ask Huang Tianbiao, the commander of the bodyguard Ma Bujun, to mobilize a thousand imperial guards to go with you. I will also give you the seven-star sword of our sect. You can go up and kill the fainting person.

Official, I will kill the traitor and enforce the law on my behalf." After Xuanwu Tianzun said this, he waved his hand and had someone bring him a long box with exquisite workmanship.

Hua Chengzi immediately knelt down and took the box from Tianzun's hand. When he opened it, he found a wooden sword inside, hand-carved and finely crafted. The sword was inlaid with seven gleaming copper nails according to the directions of the Big Dipper.

He took the wooden sword in his hand and looked at it. He was a little puzzled for a moment. Could this sword also be used to kill people?

"This sword is made of thousand-year-old iron peach wood. Although it is wooden, its blade is very sharp. Although it is not as tough as metal, it is more than enough to cut off a person's head. This sword can not only kill people, but also absorb people's souls and transform their spells.

, so that they will never be reincarnated. It is specially used to deal with people with advanced Taoism." Tianzun saw the doubts in Hualangzhong and said to him.
Chapter completed!