"Yes." The heavenly soldiers around bowed in response.
One day later, the news of the "suicide" of Lady Liu Yu and Grand Heavenly Master Zhang Huan of the Heavenly Master's Mansion reached the Heavenly Master's Mansion and reached the ears of the three auxiliary Heavenly Masters.
After hearing the news, the three assistant celestial masters sat there speechless for the entire day.
Finally, the Heavenly Master Gao Zhongwu sighed and said, "That's fine."
Indeed, this is good. Qiu Yang is a disciple of the outer demon, and the Lingguang Zhaoying Divine Mansion has been released. If Liu Yu and Zhang Huan did not commit suicide, how would they face the remaining disciples of the Tianshi Mansion whose ancestors for generations died at the hands of the outer demon?
There is another more important reason. The Tianshi Mansion is the earliest representative of the Heavenly Court in the Haolan Realm. Now the top representative of the Heavenly Court has married a real demon from the outside world. How do you want the people in the Haolan Realm to view the Heavenly Court?
But despite their sighs, they finally had to come out to preside over the affairs of the Tianshi Mansion, recall the remaining disciples of the Tianshi Mansion from all over the place, and then prepare to respectfully welcome the coffins of the Great Tianshi and the Lady Dowager that would be sent back from the Divine Palace three days later.
During these three days, a notice was issued from the Haolan Realm Divine Mansion. It was called "Resolution on the Tianshi Mansion" and the author was Fang Jian.
In this proclamation, Fang Jian summarized and elaborated on the rise, prosperity, decline, and short-lived revival of the Tianshi Mansion, and divided the history of the Tianshi Mansion into three stages to explain to all intelligent beings in the Haolan Realm.
The first stage was the Tianshi Mansion's previous generations of masters, who inherited the Daoist lineage of the Four Heavenly Masters, established the Tianshi Mansion in the Haolan Realm, and taught sentient beings and saved all spirits. The Tianshi Mansion at this stage was noble, supremely holy, pure, and embodied with great ideals. It was truly the Master of Heaven and Earth, the Master of all spirits.
The second stage is the Tianshi Mansion after the appearance of the heretic demon. The six generations of masters in this stage still uphold the ideals and beliefs of the four great ancestors and the first few generations of masters. Although generation after generation of masters died in the battles with the heretic demon,
Yet, they did their utmost to protect countless lives from harm by the demons of the outer ways. This is what they call "protecting all living beings in the East Land and blocking demons in the West." During this period, the Tianshi Mansion remained noble and great. Despite making some misjudgments, their achievements in "promoting the Way and spreading virtue" cannot be erased.
The third stage, after the extermination of the True Demons, occurred within the Tianshi Mansion. By this stage, the Tianshi Mansion had completely declined, not only in terms of the disciples' cultivation, but also in terms of their ideals and convictions. Everyone focused solely on power struggles, having long forgotten the original purpose of the Tianshi Mansion, which was to educate sentient beings! During this period, the Tianshi Mansion was so entangled in internal strife and power struggles that even a disguised True Demon of the Heretic had infiltrated the ranks, unable to be identified or detected. This True Demon of the Heretic even married the Grand Tianshi Master, a situation that would have been impossible in the past. The Four Heavenly Masters had left behind artifacts and spells for identifying demons. This was a truly profound decline. If the ancestors of the Tianshi Mansion were still alive, they would be filled with grief.
Fortunately, the current Grand Heavenly Master Zhang Huan and Madam Liu Yu did not sink too deep into depravity. After the external demon was revealed and brought to justice, they repented and realized their mistakes, took all the responsibilities, and finally committed suicide to preserve their reputations, atone for their sins to the ancestors of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and apologize to all the sentient beings in the Haolan Realm.
Although Grand Celestial Master Zhang Huan and Grand Madam Liu Xiao were foolish and made many mistakes, leading to the complete decline of the Celestial Master's Mansion, they also had merits and bravely shouldered their mistakes and responsibilities. Therefore, the Heavenly Court allowed Liu Xiao and Zhang Huan to be buried in the ancestral land of the Celestial Master's Mansion according to the rituals for the Grand Celestial Master and Grand Madam.
And on the day of Liu Yu and Zhang Huan's burial, Fang Jian and the god Luo Tao will lead the heavenly soldiers to see them off and hold memorial services.
Finally, Fang Jian announced in the name of Heaven and the decree of the Four Heavenly Masters that the Haolan Realm Heavenly Master Mansion would be dissolved from today onwards. The status of all the disciples of the original Heavenly Master Mansion would remain unchanged. They would still be the disciples of the Four Heavenly Masters and could still worship the Four Heavenly Masters.
But from now on they will only exist as independent cultivators, no longer representing the Heavenly Court, and are no longer allowed to open a sect in the name of "Heavenly Master".
At this point, the matter of the Tianshi Mansion in the Haolan Realm was finally settled in a bloody atmosphere.
Fang Jian brought Mei Xianzhang down to the mortal world and came to the capital of the "Paradise Kingdom" in the Western Continent, which was originally the capital of the heretic demon. Now it has become a very prosperous city where people live and work in peace and prosperity.
However, the huge clay sculpture here still exists and is well protected by people. People come here to burn incense every day, and the incense is very strong.
This clay sculpture is of Lu Zhongran, a disciple of the Tianshi Temple who was sent by Fang Jian to the Western Continent to visit the Paradise founded by the Buddha Demon Poxun.
In order to make plans for the Western Continent, Fang Jian recruited people in the Tianshi Mansion who were willing to go on a diplomatic mission to the Western Continent. Finally, Lu Zhongran volunteered. Although he knew that a mission to the Western Continent would result in no return, he still came without fear.
In the end, he was killed by the Buddha Demon Mara, and his soul and body were destroyed, leaving only a trace of his true spirit. However, he also successfully helped Fang Jian complete his plan, cutting off the foundation of the external demons in the Haolan Realm, and laying the foundation for the subsequent annihilation of the external demons.
Fang Jian looked at the giant clay statue of Lu Zhongran and couldn't help but sigh. The sacrifices of countless generations in the Tianshi Mansion only resulted in Zhang Huan and his son doing whatever they wanted in their fight for power, and only resulted in the Great Tianshi marrying a heretic demon?
At this time, Fang Jian heard the sounds around him. It was the people in this city telling their children and grandchildren the story of how the Tianshi Mansion fought against the external demons, the story of Lu Zhongran's death for justice, and the story of generations of martyrs from the Tianshi Mansion saving all living beings.
Of course, there are countless people talking about the current Grand Taoist priest taking the witch and the disbanding of the Taoist priest's mansion after dinner.
From then on, the legend of Tianshi Mansion only existed in the oral traditions of the people in Haolan Realm, as well as in the after-dinner conversations and the "stories" told by the elders to their children and grandchildren.
Fang Jian stood in front of Lu Zhongran's giant clay statue, listening to the people around him talking and arguing, whether happy or sad, angry or laughing, as well as more laughter. He could only sigh quietly:
"So many things in the past and present are just jokes."
But soon, Fang Jian smiled again, which puzzled Mei Xianzhang. "Master, why did you sigh and then laugh? Is there something good going on?"
Fang Jian smiled and said, "The greatest joy is when all living beings are at peace and at ease."
(End of this chapter)
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