Chapter 55 The Battle Between Buddhism and Taoism
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The Tong Lao, who gradually came back to his senses, snorted unhappily: "What? If you recognize your uncle, don't want your uncle?"
Liu Yun hurriedly smiled and bowed: "Where, of course I won't forget my uncle."
"If you are always willing to help, your junior nephew's plan will be as stable as Mount Tai."
"This matter is related to another last words from the master, but the nephew doesn't quite understand what his old man really means."
Liu Yun briefly told the two of them about Wuyazi's abnormal behavior after seeing the Yijin Jing.
"The master only said four words at that time, the dispute over Buddhism and Taoism."
Li Qiushui and Tong Lao's faces changed at the same time, and the two exchanged meaningful eyes.
“Ha~”
Li Qiushui said with a smile: "Mr. Nephew, I probably understand."
"In the years when your master was paralyzed and my senior sister and I were busy with internal struggles, the development of Buddhism has indeed been very rapid, and it is vaguely like to suppress the Taoist sect again."
Buddhism and Taoism are the two major sects with the largest number of believers on the land of China.
Since Emperor Wuzong of Tang destroyed Buddhism, the barbaric development trend of Buddhism, which was not engaged in production but desperately enclosing land, has been effectively curbed. Later, the Later Zhou Shizong of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms also caused a major blow to Buddhism.
With Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe in his body, people in the Northern Song Dynasty were calm and society was clear.
Because Buddhist teachings for practicing the next life are very popular among the people, the monks' temples are flourishing silently.
"I have lived a hard life in this life. If I sincerely recite a few words of Bodhisattva, I may be able to become a good birth in the next life."
This is the attitude of most believers towards Buddha. They seem pious but actually have a utilitarian mind with a clear purpose.
In contrast, Taoism has always emphasized tranquility and inaction. There are many mountains inside the Taoist sect, and each respects different ancestors. In terms of competing for believers, it is indeed not as good as Buddhism with united and unified doctrines.
From the perspective of the world, there were really few Taoist sects that could be seen in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Wang Chongyang, the founder of Quanzhen Sect, was far from appearing at this time, let alone the Wudang Sect, which is the Taoist Niuer, in the future.
Judging from the meaning of the three elders of Xiaoyao, it seems that the hidden sect of the Taoist sect, the Taoist sect, is the facade of Taoism in the current era.
As the three elders of Xiaoyao disappeared one after another, Taoism had no flags on the surface. Instead, Buddhist sects such as Shaolin Temple, Dalun Temple, and Wutai Mountain Qingliang Temple were developing rapidly.
Tong Lao thoughtfully read the Chinese translation version of the Yijin Jing handed over to him by Liu Yun.
"Exquisite and profound are indeed a rare Buddhist magical skill."
Then Tong Lao curled his lips: "But compared with the three magical skills of my Xiaoyao Sect, it's just that the focus is different."
The Yijin Jing focuses on improving the practitioner's qualifications and quickly accumulating internal strength. As long as it can see through the self-image and human appearance, practitioners can make rapid progress in a very short time, and will not lead to a weak foundation due to growing too fast.
The three great magical skills of the Xiaoyao School are all from Taoist concepts, and first of all, they have unique magical effects in maintaining beauty and health.
Li Qiushui, who has practiced Xiao Wuxianggong for many years, is a typical example.
The magical features of Xiao Wuxiang Gong and Beiming Divine Gong have been mentioned many times before, so I will not repeat them here.
The immortal Changchun exercises practiced by Tong Lao are actually the most yang and strong kung fu, so they should not be taught to be a female child to practice.
After obtaining the magical power from the master, the strong Tong Lao became brave and diligent all the way, resulting in excess Yang energy accumulated in the body and not being vented.
Xiaoyaozi, the ancestor of Xiaoyao Sect, came up with a trick to rejuvenate himself.
Through the mysterious method of returning children, you can actively remove the excess male internal force and accumulate it from scratch, polishing the unruly pure male internal force to make it smoother, which can double the power of the new internal force. The principle is similar to the wedding dress magic skill in the ancient dragon martial arts system.
If it weren't for the first time when Tong Lao was reborn and was disturbed by Li Qiushui and became possessed by the most critical step in the perfection of martial arts, there was actually no need to return to the child in the next 60 and 90 years.
After throwing the Yijin Jing back to Liu Yun, Tong Lao raised her head confidently: "Since the grudge with her junior sister is over, we two old people should do what we should do as the leader of the Taoist sect."
"Boy Liu Yun, since your junior brother handed over the Qibao Ring to you, you are the indisputable leader of the Xiaoyao Sect."
"My grandma will not interfere in the management of Lingjiu Palace after she has achieved her merits this time. I plan to visit some old guys who are not dead yet and ask them about their views on the dispute over Buddhism and Taoism in today's world."
Tong Lao took out a white jade with mutton fat from his arms, and the crystal clear jade was carved into a lifelike raptor with spreading wings.
"This is the order of the Lord of Lingjiu Palace. From now on, the staff of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions will be handed over to you to command."
"You can't control your grandma. I just hope you can give them more respect for your master."
Tong Lao sighed with some emotion: "The palace maids of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions are actually pitiful people. Grandma originally just wanted them to gain the ability to rely on themselves, so she taught those women some basic skills."
"Take a few people back every once in a while, and decades have passed, Lingjiu Palace has developed into the current atmosphere without realizing it, which is somewhat beyond grandma's expectations."
The palace maids in Lingjiu Palace have probably suffered from men's losses, either being abandoned at all or being slaughtered by enemies.
Because Tong Lao was reluctant to love Wuyazi, she had a strong sense of rejection of men and felt quite sympathetic to women who had suffered great difficulties.
Tong Lao has a violent and perverse temper and often curses his opponents.
To his own people, Tong Lao is a typical sarcastic and ruthless person. Although he curses ruthlessly, he has never really tortured his subordinates.
Over time, Tong Lao's attitude towards men and his perverse and cruel temperament naturally affected the palace maids of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions.
These women had their own sufferings. Under the influence of the children's mother, the Lingjiu Palace was extremely disgusted with men.
Once they meet men who do evil in the world, they usually act extremely cruelly and have a lot of involvement, which has offended many people.
This is also the reason why Liu Yun specially assigned Shi Qinglu to visit Lingjiu Palace. The Nine Heavens and Nine Tribes' attitude towards women and men is completely in heaven and earth.
Just as Tong Lao sighed at the opportunity of the growth of Lingjiu Palace, Liu Yun and Li Qiushui, who heard strange movements, looked up at the north of the grassland at the same time.
More than a dozen figures riding horses appeared far away from the horizon. Because they were too far away, they were not clear about their origins for the time being.
Li Qiushui's expression moved slightly: "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. Senior sister, it should be your loyal servants who have been found."
As the dozen or so riders gradually approached, Liu Yun could already see some of their characteristics.
As Li Qiushui said, these knights are all women, ranging in age from 10 to 40.
These women's faces were quite windy and frosty, and the cloak wrapped around their clothes was fluttering. They probably rushed from Tianshan after getting the news.
The reason why the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions came so quickly was because Liu Yun made a second-hand plan in advance.
If you can't do anything to Li Qiushui if you give all your trump cards, Liu Yun can only delay the time as much as possible. When the elites of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions arrive, they will use their help to force Li Qiushui, who has been consuming too much for a long time, to retreat.
But now it seems that there is no need for that.
"Well~"
A middle-aged woman in her 40s was obviously the leader of this group of female knights. She took the lead in pulling the horse about ten steps away from the three, and jumped off the horse flexibly.
After landing, the woman pulled out the sword hanging around her waist as soon as possible, pointing directly at the only man present Liu Yun. The other palace maids of Lingjiu Palace also hurriedly followed suit, but ignored Li Qiushui who was laughing and making a sound.
"Damn stinky man! Leave the Lord's side!"
"Say! What did you do to the Lord!"
Liu Yun: "???"
‘My fist is hard, my anger is cold, the man is eating your rice?’
Chapter completed!