Chapter 1278 Sage
Chapter 1278 - Sages
"People in the world just say what they want to say. Everything is up to your heart. It is absolutely true!" The mysterious Confucian Immortal said in a deep voice.
"It is absolutely true! Hahaha, it turns out to be you, Lin Hongfu. It seems that you guys are also unwilling to be lonely!" Upon hearing this, the Taoist Immortal finally confirmed the identity of this mysterious Confucian Immortal.
The Confucian lineage's sixth-level Immortal, the great Confucian Lin Hongfu.
In Confucianism, there is only Emperor Wenchang, who has achieved the realm of Daojun. The strongest of the other Confucian lineages is only the sixth-level realm of the Immortal.
Among these many Confucian lineages of the sixth-level Immortal, there is a particularly famous one, that is, Lin Hongfu, known as Wenling Jushi.
This Lin Hongfu once studied the Way of Mind under the tutelage of the Heart Saint Wenchang Emperor. He can be said to be the most outstanding disciple of Wenchang Emperor, without a doubt. His attainments in the Way of Mind are extraordinary, and he is a famous scholar known throughout the world. He is praised as the one who can inherit the mantle of Wenchang Emperor.
Of course, there are countless powerful people in the world, and even the number of disciples taught by the Taoist Emperor himself is unknown. Even as a disciple of the Taoist Emperor, his reputation is only spread in a small range. If you want to be truly famous throughout the world, you still have to rely on yourself in the end.
And this Lin Hongfu is just like this. As a direct disciple of Wenchang Emperor and a great scholar of the Heart School, he did not follow the path of the Heart Saint as many people thought, but took a completely opposite path.
Wenchang Emperor was born in the Great Ming Dynasty. In the Great Ming Dynasty, he really reached the peak of his life and became a high-ranking official, so he also gave all his help to the Jade Emperor.
Even though the transaction between the Jade Emperor and the Wumen lineage affected the sacrificial authority of Confucianism, the Emperor Wenchang still did not care about it, and stood firmly on the side of the Jade Emperor, becoming a firm supporter behind the Jade Emperor.
The rapid development of the Jade Emperor's power over the years is inseparable from the support of the powerful man Wenchang Emperor, who is at the level of the Taoist Lord, in addition to his own position.
However, as the direct disciple of the Emperor Wenchang, and even the most outstanding disciple, the great Confucian who is capable of establishing a school in the Xinxue lineage does not approve of the Emperor Wenchang's approach, and believes that the Emperor Wenchang does not need to continue to support the Jade Emperor, and believes that they can be independent and not rely on the imperial power.
The two masters and apprentices have completely opposite ideas, and their attitudes towards the Jade Emperor are completely opposite and irreconcilable.
In the end, Lin Hongfu left the Xinsheng lineage and wandered alone in the world, becoming a unique existence in Confucianism and one of the opponents of the Jade Emperor.
Especially his attainments in the study of the mind. In just a short period of time, he opened up a school and trained many disciples. It is a famous Confucian school in the world, and there are countless outstanding disciples.
And although it is said that he disagrees with the opinion of the heart saint, it is only a dispute of ideas after all. Neither Emperor Wenchang nor Lin Hongfu thinks that it affects the master-disciple relationship.
Therefore, with the existence of a Taoist master like Emperor Wenchang, Lin Hongfu has also avoided many dangers invisibly, and has risen rapidly. Now he is only one step away from becoming a Taoist master.
After confirming Lin Hongfu's identity, this Taoist immortal powerhouse did not feel that the other party was surprised, because this was just as it should be.
Unlike the Confucian lineage that supports the Jade Emperor, some Confucian powerhouses like Lin Hongfu believe that Confucianism should be evolved into the current three-party Taoism of magic, Taoism and Buddhism. They are also no longer dependent on the imperial power, but stand on the human race and be independent.
Then they belong to the conflict of interests between the three sects of magic, Buddhism and Taoism. After all, there are many creatures in the human race, but they can only choose one path.
After all, human energy is limited. Every creature who can embark on cultivation and achieve something in cultivation is already a favored child of heaven. Those who can achieve true immortality can be said to be one in a million.
Indeed, many people have truly achieved the same cultivation of several paths, and each path can go to the extreme, but such people are very rare even among true immortals, and such existence is not something they can influence.
For the magic, Buddhism and Confucianism, their foundation of Taoism is still in ordinary people. Only when these ordinary people choose their path can their own Taoism take root and sprout among the human race and continue to develop, even if the years pass, they will still exist in the world.
If the Taoism is prosperous, the luck will be prosperous, which will also feed back to the strong in the Taoism. The luck is enough to help them climb to a higher and farther realm.
Therefore, the struggle for the orthodoxy is a real fight to the death. It concerns the interests of every practitioner, and there is absolutely no room for retreat or evasion.
Others may not be qualified, but as a strong man of the Confucian school of mind, Lin Hongfu and his team are competitors with the Demonic Dao and Buddha. As competitors, is it a problem to sabotage each other? Not a problem at all.
This is a common thing in the competition for the orthodoxy. As long as they don't deliberately provoke the Taoist master, then the Taoist master will just smile and secretly write it down in a small notebook after whispering a few words behind his back.
If one day Lin Hongfu steps into the level of Taoist master, which is enough for many Taoist masters to take seriously, then today's matter will be brought up.
Of course, if he doesn't even have the Taoist master certificate, the Taoist master will not care about such ant words as long as he doesn't meet them face to face.
After all, will a true immortal care about the words of a mortal?
But the generosity of many Dao Lords is their kindness. Since they have met Daoist masters, they naturally cannot allow the other party to talk nonsense. They must take action to maintain the dignity of Daoism, otherwise where will the dignity of Daoism be placed.
"It turned out to be Lin Hongfu, the layman of Wenling, the direct disciple of the Emperor Wenchang!" After hearing the identity of the mysterious Zhenxian, the True Immortal could not help but exclaim.
"The great scholar of Xinxue, it is rumored that he has walked out his own path in the Xinxue Dao opened up by Xinsheng, and he can completely establish a school and write books. There are even rumors that this person is only half a step away from reaching the realm of ancient sages and writing his own doctrines." The True Immortal thought of some rumors about Lin Hongfu and whispered.
The ancient sages are not simply divided by strength, but more of a realm and status recognized by all parties.
Even in today's world, these countless strong men have stepped into the level of True Immortals, even if they have left their own Taoist traditions and countless disciples, but they are far from being called sages.
What the saints do is not only for themselves, but also for the entire human race, and they have made contributions and won the support and respect of the entire human race.
Even if the true immortals and Taoists can open up a fairy gate and have countless disciples, they can only benefit a small number of people, and they cannot affect the entire human race.
The birth of a saint, their doctrines, and the great way they practice can be practiced by all human beings, which is beneficial to all human beings.
For example, for old Taoists such as the Sword Emperor and Xuantian Taoist, in terms of combat power alone, there is no doubt that the strength of these two Taoists is at the peak of heaven and earth, and they are enough to compete for the top ten.
However, strong strength does not mean that they can be called saints. After all, the blessing of Xuantian Taoist can only protect the Xuantian lineage, and is useless to other human beings.
The Sword Emperor is a little better. As the holy land of sword cultivators in the whole world, the Sword Emperor will open a forum to perform magic every once in a while, but in the end, it can only affect sword cultivators. For other strong men who are not sword cultivators, this does not have much meaning.
And now among the strong men in the world, there are only two who can be truly called saints. One is Pei Xuanjing, the Taoist Lord of Immortality, and the other is Wang Bo'an, the Emperor of Heart and Wenchang.
The achievements of the Taoist Lord of Immortality naturally need not be said much. The birth of the Taoist Academy alone has opened up a path for countless human races and given them an opportunity to climb up. This has already benefited the entire human race.
In addition, the Taoist Lord of Immortality often descends to the Taoist Academy to preach and teach. He is proficient in all kinds of Taoist methods and can guide countless strong men in their cultivation. He has no prejudice against sects and can explain and teach countless magical skills. Naturally, he is respected as a saint by countless people.
The same is true for Emperor Wenchang. Although he did not do as much as Changsheng Daojun, he created countless powerful people by opening up the lineage of Xinxue and teaching Xinxue without prejudice.
Cultivation is also cultivation, not just evaluating the accumulation of resources to enhance combat power. In addition to the extreme existence of the magic path, even many cultivators who take the extreme path, when they are tirelessly improving their combat power, they should also pay attention to their spiritual realm. Only a sufficient spiritual realm can ensure that they master their own power and will not become puppets of power and eventually lose themselves.
However, the improvement of spiritual power is so difficult. For many cultivators, natural materials and treasures can accumulate their own realm combat power, but the improvement of spiritual power really requires the accumulation of heaven and earth and continuous strengthening.
However, the emergence of Xinxue gave them a new method. They followed the method taught by the Heart Saint. Although they would not have too many leaps and bounds, they could slowly stabilize their minds and strengthen their hearts just by relying on this, so as not to sink.
Therefore, the emergence of Xinxue undoubtedly provides convenience for practitioners between heaven and earth, which is beneficial to the human race.
Except for these two, among the many Daojun strongmen and Zhenxian strongmen in the human race, almost none of them can be honored as sages.
Indeed, those strongmen have made great contributions to the development of the human race and have gone through fire and water for the human race. They are enough to be called heroes, but they are not called sages, because the meanings of the two are completely different.
Today, Lin Hongfu has taken a completely different path in Xinxue. If he can go further on this path and create a magic or a path that benefits the entire human race, then he may really be called a sage.
Of course, this step is so difficult that I don’t know how many strong men are finally trapped in this step and cannot continue to complete their own path and reach the final destination.
And because of the rarity, Lin Hongfu’s existence, which is likely to be achieved, is worthy of the attention of Daojun and the expectation of Zhenxian.
Lin Hongfu noticed the changes in the eyes and expressions of these people, but he didn’t say much.
A slight mistake can lead to a great difference. He once thought that this step was very difficult, but after thousands of years of experience, he was still stuck at this step and could not succeed. This showed how difficult it was.
He knew that there was not much room for improvement on his path at this point. Even if his realm continued to improve, it was still very difficult to innovate and find a perfect way in this path of mind learning.
It is precisely because of this that he also knows how great it was for his master to walk out of Confucianism and how insignificant his original pride was in front of his master.
However, since he has left, he naturally does not want to look back easily, especially since he admires his master's greatness, but still cannot recognize his cooperation and support with the Jade Emperor.
If the master and the disciple want to surpass the master in Xinxue and open up a new path, then whether or not the Jade Emperor recognizes them is actually the real reason for their going astray.
"Although Xuandu Temple is a Taoist sect, its style has always been to be idle and carefree. How come it is now involved in these things?" Lin Hongfu glanced and said in a faint tone.
Others do not know this Taoist immortal, but how could he not know the true identity of this Taoist immortal?
Xuandu Temple, the most mysterious and powerful top immortal sect in Taoism, claims that there are only three or five direct descendants in each generation, and only one person can carry the mantle in the end.
Although the birth of the True Immortal has allowed Xuandu Temple to recruit more disciples, and the former ancestors will not fall, the competition among each generation of disciples in Xuandu Temple is still the strongest.
The most terrifying thing is the strength of Xuandu Temple, because they have the least number of people among the top immortal sects. Even on average, the cultivation resources obtained by each cultivator in Xuandu Temple are several times or even dozens of times that of other top immortal sects.
Moreover, each disciple of Xuandu Temple is a peerless genius. Without sufficient talent, they are not even qualified to become direct descendants. With such talent and resources, each generation of Xuandu Temple cultivators trained is almost invincible in the same realm.
However, Xuandu Temple has always been a free and easy existence, not interfering in the internal struggles of Shenzhou. Now that the True Immortal of Xuandu Temple has spoken, does it mean that the attitude of Xuandu Temple has changed?
If this is true, it is not certain whether it will have an impact on others, but for those who believe in Confucianism, the pressure will undoubtedly be doubled.