Chapter 263: Six major sects besiege Guangmingding

Fangxiandao is a Taoist school with a long history.

It is not well-known to ordinary people, but it is very famous in Taoism.

This school was founded in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is rumored that its founder was He Shang Gong.

Fangxiandao has a very outstanding successor named Anqisheng.

If you are not familiar with Taoist culture, you may not know who Anqisheng is.

An Qisheng holds a high status in Taoism. He was from Langya and studied under He Shanggong. He was one of the outstanding representatives of Huang-Lao Taoism during the Han Dynasty.

According to legend, An Qisheng mastered the way of Taidan and the method of Sanyuan, and traveled to heaven on a crane, or to the Sanxuan Palace in Xuanzhou. He was revered as one of the Eight True Immortals of Shangqing, and his immortal status was equal to that of Peng Zu and the Four Haos.

In Tao Hongjing's "Diagram of the Positions of True Spirits", he is listed third from the left and is revered as the "True Man of the North Pole".

Fangxiandao regards He Shanggong as the founder of the sect, and he once had a glorious period in the history of Taoism.

Unfortunately, with the development of the times and some internal factors, Fang Xiandao gradually faded into obscurity.

Even today, many Taoists do not know that this Taoism has any successors.

An Keyang is the 127th generation successor of Fang Xiandao and the current head of Fang Xiandao.

Three days ago.

A Bentley was slowly heading towards Huangshan Mountain.

An Keyang sat in the back seat of the car.

In addition to the driver, there were two young talents, a man and a woman, sitting in the car.

All three are An Keyang’s grandchildren.

The driver was called An Meigang, and the other two, a man and a woman, were called An Meiqiang and An Meiyan respectively.

An Keyang, who is in his seventies with a head full of silver hair but looks energetic, is squinting his eyes to look at the scenery outside the window, but he feels a little angry in his heart.

The Fangxian Dao has been passed down for more than 2,500 years. Even though it is not well-known nowadays and it does not perform activities in public, it can be said that the tradition has not been broken after all.

Now, a Taoist master named Fang Yi suddenly appeared and founded the Fangxian School.

If the Fangxian Sect becomes stronger and more famous, wouldn't it seize the Fangxian Dao's orthodoxy?

This immediately angered An Keyang, and he had to find Fangxian Sect to argue.

He was not a fool. He knew that Master Fang had great magical powers and boundless magic. If he were to face Master Fang, he would not even dare to speak out what was in his heart, let alone reason.

An Keyang has been enduring, wanting to find a good opportunity to suppress the Fangxian Sect in one fell swoop and revive the former reputation of the Fangxian Sect.

He originally thought he would have to endure it for a long time.

Unexpectedly, news came today that Fangxian Sect's founder, Fang Zhenren, had not been seen since he went to Beijing for nearly a month.

An Keyang made inquiries from many sources and spent countless amounts of money before finally learning some top-secret information.

Master Fang has gone to travel around the world and will not be back in the short term!

Upon hearing this information, An Keyang's eyes lit up and he thought to himself, if I can't defeat Master Fang who has boundless magical powers, how can I not defeat you two disciples who have only been in the sect for two or three years?

Most importantly, according to intelligence, Master Fang's two disciples have not yet demonstrated any ability to cast magic.

So, he made some plans and instigated the leaders of several stubborn Buddhist and Taoist sects to launch a siege while Master Fang was away.

An Keyang definitely doesn't know any magic.

However, he had already made preparations and specially customized a Taoist robe that could be used for "cheating".

Yes, An Keyang was not only prepared to defeat Fangxian Sect from the perspective of "morality", but also to start with the Taoist magic that Fangxian Sect was most proud of, and severely damage the reputation of the sect in one fell swoop.

In fact, Taoism is a trivial matter. After all, many Taoist scriptures can be found on the Internet. As long as you are willing to learn Taoism, you can learn a little bit. It doesn’t matter whether you can defeat the enemy or not.

It is said that the core of the Fangxian Sect is Fang Zhenren himself.

Everyone knows about Master Fang’s magical powers.

Everyone knows that Master Fang has already reached perfection.

It's impossible to defeat him.

But it is enough to defeat Master Fang’s two disciples.

When others saw this, they thought, wow, the disciple of the founder of Fangxian Sect is just so-so, which means Master Fang is not a famous teacher. It would be useless even if he joined Fangxian Sect. Wouldn't his reputation plummet?

An Keyang had this in mind, and he had a lot of bad intentions.

In fact, he did not want to be so bad, but there was no other way. The struggle for the orthodox doctrine was often the most cruel thing, and it basically reached a state of fighting to the death.

…

After more than an hour's drive.

The Bentley stopped in an open space outside the new Huangshan Taoist Palace.

An Keyang led his grandchildren out of the car.

There was already a large group of people waiting at the door, about a hundred of them at a glance.

The most conspicuous among them are three old monks and two Taoists.

Because the clothes they wore were different from those of others.

Anyone who knows a little about Buddhism would know that the old monk was wearing the abbot's robes.

The two Taoists were wearing the robes of the head monk and high-level magician.

One is a Quanzhen Taoist priest.

The other one was a Zhengyi Taoist priest.

The two are Liu Chengjin, the current leader of the Zhengyi Nangong Sect, and Zhong Yunshui, a high-level mage of the Quanzhen Zhenyang Sect.

Although these two sects are no longer prosperous today, their Taoist traditions are still being passed down.

Liu Chengjin was fine. He just wanted to protect the god he believed in, so he came out of the mountain to the Taoist Palace to learn about Taoism and Taoist techniques.

Zhong Yunshui is different. There is also a bit of "dispute over Taoist orthodoxy" between him and the Fangxian Sect.

Because the founder of the Zhengyang School is Zhongli Quan.

Fang Yi also claimed to the outside world that he learned Taoism from Chen Pu, a disciple of Zhongli Quan.

If the Fangxian Sect succeeds in growing stronger, won’t the founder of the Zhengyang Sect be snatched away by the Fangxian Sect in the future?

Naturally, Zhong Yunshui wanted to come out and compete with the Fangxian Sect to see who was more authentic.

The three old monks also have important backgrounds.

They are Master Lingming of the Weiyang School of Zen Buddhism, Master Lababuchi of the Secret Vehicle of Tantric Buddhism, and Master Jiche of the Longchang Temple of the Vinaya School.

These three old monks had no objection to the other sects; they simply wanted to fight for the gods they believed in.

An Keyang stepped forward and bowed, "Brother Liu, Brother Zhong, Zen Master Lingming, Master Lababuchi, and Zen Master Jiche, good afternoon."

"Blessings to the Immortal Heavenly Lord, Brother An Dao is here to show his respect."

"Amitabha, good afternoon, Mr. An."

Everyone also greeted An Keyang.

Afterwards, An Keyang introduced his grandchildren to everyone.

Liu Chengjin, Zhong Yunshui, Zen Master Lingming and others also introduced their younger generations to An Keyang.

This introduction took several minutes.

Finally, An Keyang stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, shall we go in?"

Zhong Yunshui said timidly: "Brother An Dao, are you sure Master Fang is not in the palace?"

Liu Chengjin, Master Jiche and Master Lababuchi also looked inside cautiously.

Master Fang's great reputation has long been known to everyone.

If the real person was in the palace, they would not dare to go in and argue.

An Keyang is actually quite timid.

But he received accurate information that Fang Yi was indeed not in Daojun Palace.

So he pretended to be cool and said with a smile: "What if Master Fang is here? We came to Fangxian Sect to learn about Taoism and Taoism, not to mess up the place. Can he still do anything to us without reason?"

Isn't that ruining the show?

Everyone understands that today we are taking advantage of Master Fang's absence from the Daojun Palace to cause trouble.

Just by hearing An Keyang say this, everyone roughly understood that he was sure that Master Fang was not in the Daojun Palace.

"Haha, Brother An Dao is right."

"We are only here to learn about Taoism, Buddhism and magic."

"Indeed, even if Master Fang were here, he wouldn't do anything to us."

The group was no longer afraid.

Be it Zhong Yunshui or Master Lababuchi, they certainly wouldn't dare to challenge the majesty of the enlightened master.

But there has never been any report that the two disciples of the real master have any special skills.

Well, I’m sorry, I’m here to cause trouble for these two people today.

As long as Master Fang's two disciples fail to perform well, the reputation of Fangxian Sect will be lost.

Everyone speculated secretly and walked inside together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as everyone stepped into the Huangshan Taoist Palace, they saw a huge altar set up in front of the Jade Tower, with people from the Buddhist and Taoist circles sitting on both sides.

On the left are the town leader Li Daochang and the leader of Zhengyi Sect Zhang Tianshi.

Below are more than a dozen big guys including Taoist Xu, the head of the Qiu Zulong sect, Taoist Liu, the head of the Qingcheng sect, etc.

Behind this group of Taoist leaders stood a dense crowd of Taoist priests.

On the right are the recently famous abbot of Tianning Temple, Master Jiecheng, and the abbot of Jinghai Guangjiao Temple, Master Juncai.

There are also abbots or monks of dozens of famous temples below.

There was also a large group of monks standing behind the eminent monks.

There were two large vermilion lacquered chairs placed under the altar, with a man and a woman sitting on them, one on each side.

An Keyang and others knew that these two people were Master Fang’s disciples Xu Xiaoli and Lu Shisheng.

Behind the man and woman stood Zhang Taigong, the leader of the Hanzhong religion, Zheng Xian, the abbot of Huangshan Taoist Temple, and fifteen Taoist priests from the temple.

At a glance, there were at least hundreds of Buddhist and Taoist people standing on both sides of the altar.

Zen Master Jiche was startled, "Why... why are there so many people?"

Zhong Yunshui's eyes kept twitching, and he whispered, "Logically, the Fangxian Sect is afraid of damaging its dignity and should not summon Buddhists and Taoists, but now Zhang Tianshi, Brother Li, Brother Xu and others are here. Could it be that Master Fang is back?"

Zen Master Lingming, Liu Chengjin, Master Lababuchi and a large group of younger generations behind them did not say a word, but fear was revealed in their eyes. They were afraid that Master Fang had really returned, otherwise why would so many people from the Buddhist and Taoist worlds come?

If Master Fang was present, they would really worry about their lives being in danger.

As the initiator, An Keyang also felt a pang in his heart, fearing that Master Fang was really in the palace.