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Chapter 23 Ninety-Nine Precepts

"Crash--!"

Above his head, two chains slashed down with a sharp nine-foot sword.

Zhang Ke was terrified, and his body struggled desperately, but he couldn't move an inch.

He watched helplessly as a bolt of Bailian fell down like lightning.

"ah--!"

Zhang Ke screamed and sat up suddenly on the couch, beads of sweat covering his forehead.

He panted rapidly, and his hands involuntarily touched his neck.

After a while, my mind gradually calmed down.

Since being executed on the guillotine three months ago, he has been awakened from nightmares almost every day.

Under such circumstances, even basic meditation practice is impossible.

In desperation, Zhang Ke had no choice but to rest normally like ordinary people in order to recover his damaged soul.

"Ding--!"

The sound of a chime was heard outside the bedroom.

Zhang Ke's body shook, and a white light washed his whole body like water.

I got up and went to the living room, where I saw Bi Luo sitting in front of the window, holding a tea cup and being slightly lost in thought.

"Junior sister!"

Bi Luo turned around, looked at Zhang Ke's not so good expression, frowned and said:

"Senior brother! Have you had another nightmare?"

Zhang Ke came closer and sat down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

He smiled and said: "It's much better now. I'll be back to normal in a few days."

Bi Luo felt a little unhappy and said angrily:

"Senior brother, you are too reckless this time, Qing Ju is just a character like mud.

Why take such a big risk for him? What if something goes wrong?"

Zhang Ke stretched out his fingers to rub his stinging forehead and said with a smile:

"Don't you understand senior brother? How could you act like this if you weren't sure?"

Bi Luo glanced sideways at him and muttered:

"In my opinion, I don't know what's wrong with it. I just jumped on the impulse."

Zhang Ke's face felt a little hot, and he felt like he had been exposed for doing something bad.

Gangan smiled and said:

"Doesn't this further prove that senior brother still has a pure heart?

It is very important for practitioners to maintain their original intention."

Bi Luo endured it for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back.

"Senior brother! Why did you have to 'accompany the beheader' that day, just for the sake of Master Qingju? Is it worth it?"

Zhang Ke was silent for a moment and sighed.

"Alas——! I am so angry after all!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ke quickly changed the topic and asked:

"By the way, Junior Sister came here for something?"

Bi Luo nodded and said:

"In the past three months, because of senior brother's previous wanton behavior, the disciples in the sect have been in quarrel.

Therefore, the headmaster would like to ask senior brother to come forward and put this matter to rest."

Zhang Ke was slightly startled and asked doubtfully:

"What is it? What does this have to do with me?"

Because his soul was damaged, he had been listening to Zhuxuan to rest for the past few months and didn't pay much attention to outside matters.

Bi Luo rolled her eyes at him.

"Senior brother, do you know how your fellow sects call you now in the sect?"

"Crazy Taoist!"

Zhang Ke murmured to himself: "Crazy Taoist? This name is not very pleasant."

Bi Luo Qi Dao:

“It’s not because you insisted on ‘accompanying the execution’ that day in order to prove your innocence, which scared everyone.”

Zhang Ke smiled "haha" without much explanation.

He was indeed a little impulsive that day, but in the final analysis it was just to drag Master Qingju into trouble.

He wanted to use this to prove it to all his disciples.

Even if he is protected by the True Lord Yuanshen, as long as he dares to violate the sect's iron law, he will risk his life to rectify him.

This is his attitude and his belief.

Catcher should be such a group of strong-willed people, fearless and unafraid of power.

Some words, no matter how many times you say them, are not as effective as putting them into action once.

Now, the effect of Zhang Ke's insistence on "accompanying the beheading" has come out.

The name "Crazy Taoist" is indeed unpleasant, but it is recognized by all the disciples.

Bi Luo then briefly told Zhang Ke some of the recent events in the sect.

Because Qingju was beheaded to death, True Lord Furong caused a great disturbance in the sect.

He went around to report that the sect was unfair and demanded that Zhang Ke be dealt with.

But this time, even Zhenjun Tianya was annoyed.

He asked why they were both "accompanied by beheading" and why Zhang Ke was fine but Qingju was beheaded.

True Lord Furong was still making a fuss, but was suppressed by Tianya backhand and left facing the wall in the Golden Wind Cave to think about his fault.

At this moment, all the disciples of Xiantian Yiqi Sect completely understood the sect's determination.

No one dared to take any chances anymore. Suddenly, the sect's Discipline Academy became a favorite.

Countless disciples went to study the sect's precepts, not for anything else but to know what not to do.

At the same time, Zhang Ken's crazy move was to kill Master Qingju even at the risk of his death.

It really scared countless people.

This is a lunatic. Normal people would never be able to do such a thing.

The name "Crazy Taoist" gradually spread.

But because of this, almost every sect disciple felt a sense of peace of mind and security.

Because they know that if they suffer injustice, there will still be someone in the sect who can uphold justice.

After this incident, Zhang Ke completely established an image of uprightness, hatred of evil, and crazy stubbornness in the hearts of the sect disciples.

In the following decades, when many sect disciples reached a certain stage of strength, their first choice was the Wind Catcher.

And almost all of them are Zhang Ke's most loyal fans.

They resolutely implemented the sect's precepts according to Zhang Ke's method of doing things.

From the True Monarch of Yuanshen to the outer disciples, there is no one they dare to question face to face.

Because of this, the internal environment of Xiantian Yiqi Sect has been greatly purified over a long period of time.

The air in the door is clear.

As for why Bi Luo came to ask Zhang Ke to calm the dispute outside.

The reason is very simple, since Zhang Ke's "accompaniment of killing".

The disciples of the sect carefully studied the sect's precepts one by one, and gradually discovered that some of the sect's precepts were not very reasonable.

For example, there is a commandment:

Anyone who unintentionally consumes the sect's magic weapon and whose resources exceed one hundred gold talismans will be sentenced to ten years of hard labor and expelled from the monastery.

This commandment was established six thousand years ago.

At that time, Xiantian Yiqi Sect was short of resources, and they wished they could break a copper talisman into two halves.

Therefore, this special commandment was issued.

But now the resources within the sect are extremely abundant, and prices in the practice world are also rising.

In particular, it is not clear whether the amount of gold talisman in this item is a one-time payment or accumulated cumulatively.

If it is so harsh, many disciples may offend it unintentionally.

That was enough in the past, but now that there are men like Zhang Ke in the Catching Tower, no one dares to test the law easily.

So some disciples picked out some precepts that were out of date and asked the sect to re-enact them.

However, there are still many people who regard Zhang Ke as their idol and firmly resist this behavior.

I thought that if I was careful, I wouldn't violate the sect's precepts.

Since some people want to change the sect's precepts, doesn't it prove that they have the intention to offend?

Both views are reasonable, and each has been recognized by many disciples.

As a result, people from the two groups quarreled endlessly every day over these precepts.

Headmaster Mingxiao has repeatedly banned it. As a result, there have been fewer quarrels on the surface, but the quarrels behind the scenes still exist.

Helpless, Headmaster Mingxiao had no choice but to ask Bi Luo to come and ask Zhang Ke to come forward to end the dispute.

To be honest, Zhang Ke is very dissatisfied with Headmaster Mingxiao now.

Maybe it's because he has been in the position of headmaster for a long time, and headmaster Mingxiao has regarded the sect as his own.

Although he loves his sect disciples very much.

For example, that day in the Ziwei Palace, he found Zhang Ke at an important moment when the dragon and the tiger were in harmony.

They immediately put aside their grudges and tried their best to help Zhang Ke break through.

But once someone violates his rights as a leader, he will immediately fight back.

Three months ago, when Zang Guangchen made heart-wrenching remarks on the guillotine, he did not help stabilize the situation on the guillotine.

It can be said that because of his location, Master Mingxiao's actions are always in contradiction.

Hearing Bi Luo's words at this moment, Zhang Ke really didn't want to pay attention to this matter.

However, for the sake of the stability of the sect, Zhang Ke decided to come forward and settle the matter.

The second day.

Zhang Ke made a public appearance at the Taoist Academy to observe the changes in the Taoist Academy.

On this day, the noisy disputes within the sect for many days disappeared, and no one dared to say another word.

Zhang Ke's prestige and intimidation were fully revealed at this moment.

Then Zhang Ke came to Ziwei Hall and asked Master Mingxiao for instructions on how to handle the matter.

After some deliberation, Headmaster Mingxiao gave the order.

The three houses of the Elders' House, the Precepts House, and the Catching Tower jointly revised the sect's precepts.

In this revision, Zhang Keli overcame all objections and decided to involve every disciple of the sect.

The sect's precepts are aimed at every disciple, and naturally every disciple is qualified to put forward his own opinions on the precepts.

In the following time, the three academies brainstormed and added, deleted, and adjusted the sect's precepts one by one.

And encourage disciples within the sect to actively participate in it.

This incident aroused the enthusiasm of all the disciples, and they all offered their opinions and suggestions.

A year later, the sect's revised commandments were re-released.

Forty-seven items were added, thirty-one were deleted, and several minor items were added. Detailed notes and case explanations were added to each precept.

And this day happens to be the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of September, and because a total of ninety-nine major precepts were revised.

Therefore, the revised sect’s precepts are called the ‘Nine-Nine Precepts’, also known as the ‘Chongyang Precepts’.

Finally, at Zhang Ke's suggestion, the sect built nine copper pillars and engraved the 'Nine Nine Precepts' on them and distributed them throughout the sect.

Even under each precept, the names of every disciple who participated in the revision of the precepts are listed in detail.

Because almost every disciple is involved, the sense of identification is also very strong.

The revision of the 'Nine Nine Precepts' played a vital role in uniting the sect's people.


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