Chapter 585: Thousands of Avenues, Hundreds of Changes
Above the East China Sea of Jiuyaotian, Zheng Fa raised his real dragon head. Waves rose around the island, and people gathered around and knelt down to worship him.
Now that he is in this ocean, it feels like he is back home, and he has experienced the happiness of the Jade Dragon Lord.
Zheng Fa was still in high spirits. With a flick of his dragon body, he transformed into a gorgeous phoenix, soaring in the sky with long tail feathers. Two golden and red fireworks bloomed behind him.
White seabirds flew from all directions and danced around him.
The most noble bloodline among the demon race, the sacred one born by nature, the great witch who carries the green mountains and shatters the clouds, appears in rotation on the island.
Nuwa was extremely picky, and the matter of creating humans was related to her own path, so the species she chose were all very powerful creatures in this world, and now they all fell into the hands of Zheng Fa.
Due to the limitations of his cultivation, the strength of the creatures transformed by Zheng Fa has not reached the level of Dao Fruit, but he can still feel the great power in their blood - this kind of innate extraordinary talent is really not something that ordinary humans can contend with.
He was lost in thought, the sky was once again in chaos, and a voice came:
"I am Hongjun..."
The second sermon began.
A purple beam of light broke through the chaos and landed in front of Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa changed back into his original form and stepped into the pillar of light. He was lifted up rapidly and in a moment, he arrived at Zixiao Palace again.
Just like last time, the three thousand guests of Zixiao were already sitting in the hall. Zheng Fa was standing at the door of the hall when he suddenly heard some noises coming from behind him.
He turned around and saw that Taoist Zaohua and the others had also arrived.
The first to come was Taoist Zaohua, who nodded kindly towards Zheng Fa.
The Gu God and the White Bone God are still a small group and come together.
The Golden-Winged Dapeng was alone, and Bai Lian, who had a good relationship with him, had not arrived yet.
Come to think of it, the Golden-Winged Dapeng has now entered the demon clan's heaven and has been given a position, so it is naturally difficult for him to stay with Bai Lian all the time.
There is someone else following Bai Lian.
"Master Bai Lian will surely achieve great success this time after listening to the teachings." The voice of the Lu clan's great elder came, and everyone looked closely, and saw eight gods of the Lu clan following behind Bai Lian.
Bai Lian's expression was calm. She simply smiled faintly and said, "How can I say anything for sure before the sermon even begins?"
"As far as I can see, there's no one else!"
Zheng Fa was surprised and couldn't help but look at the Gu God. He saw that her expression was also very dark - the people of the Lu tribe had never been so flattering to the Gu God before!
Everyone heard the Lu clan's great elder say, "Thanks to the grace of the White Lotus Patriarch, we are able to listen to the teachings of the two ancestors and have gained a lot."
"With our humble talents, I'm sure Patriarch Bai Lian will definitely gain something." The Lu clan's great elder's tone was surprisingly sincere. "Who else but Patriarch Bai Lian can possess this primordial purple energy?"
Now, Zheng Fa understood. It seemed that the white lotus had given these Lu people a lot of benefits?
Lick to the end, everything?
But he didn't understand why Bai Lian wanted to win over the Lu people in this way. He looked at the Gu God again and saw that his expression was extremely gloomy, ten times more angry than before.
It can be seen that the alliance between Bai Lian and the Lu clan made the Gu God extremely unhappy.
The Lu Clan...
Zheng Fa suddenly understood why Bai Lian wanted to win over the Lu Clan. The Lu Clan's strength was not enough for all the Dao Fruits here, but they controlled the gate to Jiuyao Heaven. If the Lu Clan didn't open the gate, Zheng Fa and his group would probably be trapped in Jiuyao Heaven, unable to escape.
This is also the Lu clan’s biggest trump card in Jiuyaotian.
To Bai Lian... to any cultivator who aspires to attain the Primordial Purple Qi, the Lu Clan is very important:
For example, if you obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi, you will naturally want to run away. Whether you can run away depends on the attitude of the Lu clan.
For example, if someone else obtains the Hongmeng Purple Qi and you want to snatch it away, whether you can snatch it away and whether the Lu clan will open the door are also very important.
"I will naturally do my best. If you fellow Taoists can sit on that cushion," Bai Lian said softly, "it will be a blessing for us."
Zheng Fa looked at Bai Lian, who had a humble and bright smile on his face.
But he tried his best to win over the Lu people, which made this smile seem too insincere.
The fourteen people waited at the temple gate for half a cup of tea, and Zheng Fa felt a force coming from the front, pulling him gently. Zheng Fa followed the force and landed on a cushion.
The position of everyone's cushions this time was still based on the results of the last sermon.
Bai Lian and Zaohua were in the first row behind the seven cushions. In the Zixiao Palace, except for the first row, each row behind it had one hundred cushions.
Taoist Zaohua sits on the left, and Bai Lian sits on the right.
According to the changes in Zheng Fa's cushions last time, the cushions were arranged from left to right. That is to say, although Bai Lian is very powerful now, Taoist Zaohua's ranking was higher than Bai Lian last time.
On the left side of Taoist Zaohua, there are more than thirty cushions.
Zheng Fali was sitting on the far left of the fourth row, about two hundred seats away from the two of them.
There are more than 900 Golden-winged Rocs, the Gu God and the White-Bone Demon Ancestor are in the fifteenth and sixteenth rows, and the Lu clan and others are distributed in the last three rows.
As soon as everyone sat down, Taoist Hongjun on the high platform began his second sermon.
Zheng Fa listened carefully and immediately felt the difference:
In his first sermon, Taoist Hongjun mainly talked about the realm of cultivation and some general methods of cultivation.
To put it simply, it is the principle and general outline of spiritual practice.
For any monk of this era, the content of the last sermon is useful and serves as a summary of the main points.
But this time was different. At the beginning of the sermon, Zheng Fa heard Taoist Hongjun say: "In this sermon, I will fully expound the Three Thousand Great Daos. First, I will start with the path of innate sacred cultivation."
Zheng Fa listened with confusion in his heart. Is this how the three thousand great ways are understood?
But as he listened, he gradually realized that the meaning of the Three Thousand Great Daos was different in this era and in the future.
In later generations, the human race is respected, and the three thousand great ways actually refer to the differences between the Tao.
But in this era, Taoism was just beginning to appear, and it could even be said that it was created by Taoist Hongjun alone. The so-called three thousand great ways did not simply refer to Taoism, but meant that there were different methods of cultivation for different races.
Just as Taoist Hongjun said, dragons ride on clouds and rain, and phoenixes rest on divine fire. Although their cultivation realms are roughly the same, due to different endowments, the cultivation methods of each race are extremely different.
To put it more simply, Taoist Hongjun combined the Taoist philosophy he created with the talents of each race.
When he gave his first sermon, Taoist Hongjun talked about principles and more abstract generalizations.
In his second sermon, he targeted various races, categorizing them into different types and perfecting the details, which could even be directly used in actual cultivation.
After figuring this out, Zheng Fa looked at Taoist Hongjun with even greater admiration.
If he had not created a cultivation method that all races could follow, how could Hongjun Taoist be called the Ancestor of Taoism?
To put it bluntly, before Taoist Hongjun, was there no method of cultivation?
On the other hand, did the previous cultivation method of Hongjun Taoist deviate from the scope of Taoism?
This is definitely not the case. If a method of cultivation is not in the Tao, it means that the Tao cannot explain all the rules. How can it be qualified to be called the Tao?
Taoism did not appear because of Taoist Hongjun, and Taoism is even less so.
Judging from Zheng Fa's current knowledge and experience, Taoist Hongjun's contribution is probably that he is the first person in this era to bring together all the cultivation methods - he not only understands the talents and cultivation points of almost all races, but also extracts a set of common theories from them, and uses this theory to improve these cultivation methods in turn.
The three thousand guests in the Zixiao Palace are actually not three thousand individuals. There is a huge race behind them. It is for this reason that Taoist Hongjun even modified the method of cultivation for them according to the characteristics of each person. It is because there are three thousand people listening to the Tao that there is a saying that there are three thousand great ways.
It is precisely because Hongjun Taoist's Taoism is inclusive of all races and can benefit almost every race that his name as the Taoist Ancestor is recognized by everyone of this era.
Zheng Fa was admiring the majestic momentum of Taoist Hongjun's preaching.
However, those who came to listen to the sermon based on the other five internal organs felt very uncomfortable.
Taoist Hongjun improved the cultivation methods for each race, and the Great Elder of the Lu Clan just felt that... he was being targeted!
He sat on the mat, watching Hongjun's mouth opening and closing, and cried "Aba Aba" in his heart.
When they couldn't understand what the Taoist said, they became extremely anxious, feeling that they had missed a great opportunity.
After much difficulty, they started by just gesturing and it took them many years to slowly learn the language. This time they were not anxious, but... desperate.
I thought I would gain a lot from what I heard this time, but I didn't expect that Taoist Hongjun didn't play by the rules!
It was useless for them to listen to what he said - because he was a human!
Even the demon ancestors such as the Gu God were of human origin, but at this moment, the human race did not exist at all, so Taoist Hongjun naturally would not specifically explain their cultivation methods to the human race.
Of course he was unwilling to give up and had been listening attentively, hoping to apply what he had learned to other situations. However, every creature in the Zixiao Palace had an extraordinary origin and talent far surpassed that of ordinary humans. Not to mention learning from others' experience, it was difficult for him to understand.
After a long time, the Great Elder of the Lu Clan, who was confused after hearing what he had heard, finally couldn't suppress his inner anxiety and looked at the others.
He first looked at the Lu Clan's gods around him and saw that their expressions were the same as his, very desperate, almost going crazy - the last time they listened to the sermon, they couldn't communicate in the same language, so they just thought they were unlucky, but this time they understood, they started to doubt their own brains.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan pursed his lips and looked forward again.
He couldn't see the expressions of the Gu God and the White Bone Demon Ancestor, but from the few golden flowers around them, he could tell that these two people were probably suffering.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan felt a little better, but when he looked at the Golden-Winged Roc, he gritted his teeth again - the Golden-Winged Roc seemed to have gained a lot, and was now transforming into its original form, standing on the cushion with its two claws, and the golden flowers around him were rushing towards him.
Yes!
In terms of bloodline, the Golden-Winged Roc is indeed the closest to this ancient creature, otherwise how could it join the demon clan's heavenly court?
These people can't get any benefits, but the Golden-Winged Roc can!
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan turned his eyes and first looked at Zheng Fa carefully. Seeing that there were not many golden flowers around Zheng Fa, he breathed a sigh of relief - at least Shi Nandang was similar to them. Yes, Shi Nandang was also a human. How different could he be from them?
Thinking of this, the mood of the Lu clan's great elder calmed down again, and he looked hopefully at the white lotus in the first row.
Bai Lian sat cross-legged on the cushion with his eyes closed and a very serious expression. It seemed that he was trying hard to comprehend.
Behind him appeared a Buddha with an ancient face, and between the Buddha's eyebrows was a Bodhi seed.
The Buddha was surrounded by golden flowers, eight or nine times more in number than those surrounding the Garuda. It was obvious that Bai Lian had gained a lot from listening to the sermon this time.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan looked on with envy. Although Bai Lian had told him some of the contents of his first sermon, he also understood that it was impossible for the other party to teach him everything, and he probably only explained the basics.
This white lotus also has Bodhi seeds, and the two Buddhist masters have devotedly taught him. Compared to these people, he really has all the advantages.
Now, the harvest is actually much more than that of the Golden-winged Roc.
He suddenly had an idea and saw that although the Taoist of Creation was very low-key, the golden flowers beside him were no less than the white lotuses.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan was slightly stunned and felt fearful. He was of course a little jealous of Bai Lian, but the two were now in the same boat. If they could not get the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it would naturally be best if Bai Lian got it.
He used to be the most hostile to Shi Nandang, but now he feels that although Shi Nandang is one step ahead, he is no longer a concern.
However, this Taoist priest of creation is very secretive and it is hard to figure out his thoughts, but he also has a feeling that this person must not be a good person.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan observed Bai Lian and Taoist Zaohua, and saw that their cushions were slowly moving to the left.
Bai Lian's cushion moved faster, but Taoist Zaohua was ahead before and his speed was not slow now. Although the distance between the two was slowly closing, Bai Lian was unable to surpass Taoist Zaohua for a long time.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan was secretly cheering Bai Lian up in his heart, staring intently at the distance between the two. Gradually, it seemed that Bai Lian understood faster during this lecture, and was about to surpass Taoist Zaohua.
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan secretly clenched his fists, his heart filled with excitement. He was waiting for the two figures to cross each other, but suddenly a dazzling light appeared in front of him.
The light was too bright, so bright that everything in front of his eyes was white. He had to close his eyes and cursed in his heart.
When he opened his eyes and looked towards the source of the light, his expression suddenly changed. He saw a colorful phoenix standing where Zheng Fa had been.
Taoist Hongjun was just talking about the Phoenix Clan's cultivation method. The golden flowers surrounding the colorful phoenix were like a mudslide, submerging it. There were so many golden flowers that it emitted that dazzling white light.
Shi Nandang...his true form is a phoenix?
The Great Elder of the Lu Clan stared, thinking hard, why had he never heard of this?
He looked at the other Lu people and saw that they had their mouths open and looked ignorant.
Just when everyone was confused, Taoist Hongjun changed the subject and talked about another method of cultivation. This method of cultivation was no longer applicable to the phoenix, but to a mythical beast called Bai Ze.
Everyone watched helplessly as the colorful phoenix flashed with light and transformed into a strange beast with an ancient and ugly appearance.
It was Bai Ze.
(End of this chapter)
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