Chapter 457 The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism?
Phoenix Mountain.
"Miss Xia, something happened."
Prophet Kong came to the place where the women were retreating and directly sent a message to wake up Xia Qinglan who was in retreat without any distractions.
Xia Qinglan woke up immediately and followed Prophet Kong to the top of the mountain: "Sir, what happened? Is it related to Xiaofan?"
Xian Xian had always been calm and calm, but now his expression was extremely solemn, which made Xia Qinglan feel deeply uncomfortable.
Prophet Kong pointed to the south and said: "I just sensed that there is the atmosphere of a battle between peak innate experts thirty kilometers away to the south. That is the direction Miss Liu went when she went out."
"After the war, she sent a message to me, asking me to go to Maoshan in the afternoon. The plan was two and a half days ahead of schedule, so something might have happened to Miss Liu."
"The enemy is coming faster than we thought."
Xia Qinglan heard this: "So fast? Xiaofan hasn't estimated that there will be two days before he can leave the customs!"
After saying that, she picked up her cell phone and called Liu Mengyao, and found that the latter's phone was turned off. She suddenly felt cold and had a bad premonition.
Venerable Kong said: "Miss Xia, Master Qin said that he is not on the mountain, and it is up to you to give orders on Phoenix Mountain."
"Miss Xia, please give the order. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do it."
Xia Qinglan secretly clenched her fists and was thinking of countermeasures quickly.
These days, he has gained a lot from seclusion. His soul has reached the realm of controlling objects and can hit the innate realm at any time. Her bloodline has also been further strengthened, and the blood in her body is like a spring, but it is probably still worse than Liu Mengyao.
Now that something has happened to Liu Mengyao, I'm afraid she won't be of much use.
You must know that Qin Fan's target this time is the ancestor of the Liu family, a being at the peak of innateness.
Lin Xiaoyang has not made a breakthrough yet.
Qin Fan is also in retreat outside, and the only person Phoenix Mountain can rely on is Prophet Kong.
"The Liu family suddenly changed their mind and arrested Liu Mengyao. This was not expected. I suspect that the Liu family may have invited foreign aid." After thinking deeply, Xia Qinglan expressed her own opinion and hoped to hear the opinion of Prophet Kong.
Prophet Kong nodded solemnly: "I have met Liu Duo, the ancestor of the Liu family, once. He is suspicious by nature and extremely cautious in his actions."
"His target is obviously the Five-Color Altar. Even if he can capture the Five-Color Altar, he doesn't have the strength to take it all for himself. So Miss Xia's guess may be correct. He probably called for help."
Xia Qinglan was slightly suffocated: "Meng Yao asked the venerable to go to Maoshan. Well, Liu Duo and others probably went to Maoshan too."
After saying that, Xia Qinglan handed over to Prophet Kong: "Honorable Sir, please take a trip and help us go to Maoshan to have a look."
Kong Xian shook his head and said: "In the plan, I should indeed go to Maoshan, but now the enemy has arrived early. But what if I leave and the rest of the Liu family attack Phoenix Mountain?"
Xia Qinglan's phoenix eyes sank slightly: "As long as you are not at the peak of your innate nature, I should be able to hold you back."
Prophet Kong nodded: "Okay, I will go explore Maoshan right now. If there is an accident in Phoenix Mountain, please call me as soon as possible."
"Secondly, the mountain master is in retreat at the bottom of Taihu Lake. If I cannot come back, you can find him."
After the discussion, Kong Xian immediately took away the five-color altar and left Phoenix Mountain with his sword.
Kong Xian did not leave Fenghuang Mountain immediately. He left with great fanfare, and then hid in secret for half an hour. After making sure that he was not trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, he hurried to Maoshan.
What Xia Qinglan and Kong Xian didn't know was that at this time, in a lakeside park on the north bank of the Jinling River, a bald young man and an old man with gray hair were standing in front of the railing, looking in the direction of Phoenix Mountain.
"Prophet Kong has left Phoenix Mountain, and the show is about to begin."
The gray-haired old man's clothes were in tatters and his hair was disheveled, like a beggar. He was drinking and drunk, with a free and uninhibited smile on his face.
The bald young man who looked young and introverted asked respectfully: "Uncle, what's the show? Does it have something to do with our Jinshan Temple?"
The white-haired old man took a sip of rice wine, but sighed to himself: "This time, Shang Qingshan, the Renzong, and the Zulong clan all set out together, for the sake of the phoenix blood and the five-color altar. There will definitely be more forces that cannot bear the loneliness.
, ready to move."
"I'm afraid this is the beginning of a war between Buddhism and Taoism."
"Six hundred years have passed since the last dispute between Buddhism and Taoism. How many people have speculated when the next dispute between Buddhism and Taoism will come."
"I'm afraid no one thought that this time the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism started in Phoenix Mountain."
The bald young man asked curiously: "Uncle Master, what is the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism? What exactly was the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism six hundred years ago?"
The white-haired old man pondered for a moment, then sighed softly: "You little bastard, you are quite curious, so let me tell you, uncle."
"Six hundred years ago, in the world of cultivation, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism stood on three pillars. The strongest one was Taoism. At its peak, Taoism had 800 mountains and rivers."
"Nearly half of the country belongs to Taoist sects."
"But our Buddhist sect is not weak either. We have believers all over the world, as many as quicksand, rivaling the Taoist sect."
"And that era was also an era of scholars. Confucianism and literature had great influence, so the three religions stood on three pillars."
"Why did the Witch God Sect, which had been suppressed for thousands of years, break this balance, secretly sow discord, and let Buddhism and Taoism deal with Confucianism? How could Confucianism be unable to withstand the attacks of the two major sects? It would naturally decline."
"From then on, scholars were just scholars."
"After the decline of Confucianism, the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism deepened day by day. Coupled with the Witch God Sect's instigation of discord, a fierce battle broke out between the two major sects. This was the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism six hundred years ago."
"The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism lasted for a hundred years, and 90% of the Taoist sect's 800 famous mountains and rivers were cut off from immortality. The Taoist sect's vitality was severely damaged, and its foundation was severely damaged."
"Our Buddhist sect has also suffered heavy losses. Many towers and temples are covered in dust, and many eminent monks live in pagodas."
"In the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, both sides suffer losses."
"The Wu Clan rose rapidly in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and got rid of the fate of being suppressed by Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years. It successfully replaced Confucianism and became a new major force in the world of cultivation. This force of the Wu Clan is today's Wushen Sect."
The bald young man suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is how Confucianism declined."
"But why can Phoenix Mountain become the source of the next dispute between Buddhism and Taoism?"
The white-haired old man said with a smile: "The knowledge here is profound. Now there are a large number of members of the ancient royal family among the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism."
"Let's just talk about Liu Duo, he is the ancestor of the Liu family."
"And the Xia Shenglong we saw in the Imperial Capital before, he is from the Xia family of the eight ancient royal families. This situation is too common."
"The major sects of Buddhism and Taoism have long been controlled by powerful men from eight generations of ancient royal families."
"Zongs are just a means for those families to plunder profits. The family is their foundation."
"It is difficult for a cultivator to continue his talent, spiritual roots, and even his spiritual body, but his bloodline can be passed down from generation to generation and remain immortal."
"The Ancestral Dragon clan relies on the Ancestral Dragon bloodline and is still strong today. It can be called the most powerful clan in two thousand years."
"Phoenix Mountain has cultivated new phoenix blood, and its attraction to those ancient royal families is more deadly than poison."
The bald young man seemed to understand, and then asked: "Then... uncle, why are we here?"
The white-haired old man said with a smile: "Buddha saves those who are destined to be saved."
"Our destined people from Jinshan Temple are in Phoenix Mountain."
The bald young man's face turned slightly red and he asked shyly: "Is it that Ye Jingying? Isn't she a girl? Our Jinshan Temple wants to accept female disciples?"
The old man with white hair said disapprovingly: "She was born with a pure body, as holy as a lotus, and has a very high wisdom root. She is rare to see in a thousand years. She is not under the current Buddhist disciples. She is qualified to be a saint of my Buddhist school and should enter my ascetic."
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The bald young man asked nervously: "Uncle, didn't she reject us?"
The white-haired old man smiled and said: "That was because the fate has not yet arrived. Now the fate is coming. We just need to wait here for her to come to us."
The bald young man thought anxiously, how could a girl as beautiful as Ye Jingying, who was like a little fairy, take the initiative to come to them and join the Samana?
I don’t know where Uncle Master got his confidence!
At the same time, Maoshan.
Maoshan has been under martial law for a long time. Half a month ago, all the outer disciples, inner disciples, and even the elders all left Maoshan.
There is only one person left in the Maoshan lineage, and that is the current head Li Tianfeng.
He sat cross-legged under the green pines at Deadwood Peak, like a stubborn stone, with a palm talisman pressed between his brows, motionless.
At this time, Kong Xian stepped on the flying sword, fell from the sky, and landed next to Li Tianfeng.
"do you died?"
Kong Xian touched Li Tianfeng's forehead and found that the latter's body had become cold and rigid, and his eyes darkened.
Kong Xian immediately looked around, looking at Maoshan, which was covered with ice and snow and everything was silent. He felt that it was eerily quiet here.
It can be said that birds in thousands of mountains have disappeared, and all traces of people have disappeared.
Prophet Kong's spiritual consciousness poured out in an instant, covering an area of two kilometers in radius. Half of Maoshan was within his perception, but he did not sense the presence of anyone.
No trace of Liu Mengyao was found.
"no one?"
Of course, Prophet Kong didn't believe what he saw. When his consciousness swept across the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave, the door of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave had already been kicked open.
As expected, an ancient killing array was arranged inside.
Deep in the formation, there is a spiritual spring. Hundreds of elixirs are planted around the spring, which is astonishingly tempting.
"This... what kind of formation is this?"
Prophet Kong frowned slightly. He did not pass the formation, and immediately flew into the sky to offer sacrifices to the five-color altar.
The next second, the five-color altar flew into the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave and collided head-on with the mysterious formation.
boom!
The five-color altar was defeated and flew out, rolling to the ground. The mountain peak where the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave was located also trembled slightly.
It was as if the formation and the two-hundred-meter-high mountain had merged into one.
"This formation is so strong that it is integrated with the movement of the mountain. If you want to completely break the formation, you must have the power to lift the mountain. It seems that this should be the famous Liuhe Immortal Formation of the Liu family."
"The Liu family claims that this formation can kill Golden Core cultivators, but now it seems that it is not that strong."
"It seems that during the last dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, the legend that this formation was shattered by a palm by the leader of the Wushen Sect should be true."
"However, no one is activating the formation now. I used the five-color altar to condense a strong light, which can break open a corner of the formation, force my way into the formation, and steal the spiritual spring and elixir. But once I enter, secretly
People will definitely rush out, control the formation, and trap me in it."
"Although I have a five-color altar, I can't be careless."
Confucius calmed down, and after some consideration, he immediately took back the five-color altar, turned around and left.
He used retreat to advance and see who his enemies were.
"Sher Kong, where are you going?!"
Seeing that Xian Kong was about to leave, a loud roar suddenly came from the sky.
Immediately afterwards, an old man descended from the sky with a sound like thunder, blocking Prophet Kong's path.
The person coming is none other than Liu Duo, the ancestor of the Liu family!