Chapter 945: Life Simulation: Taoism and Martial Arts
Chapter 945 - Life Simulation - Taoism and Martial Arts
There are countless sects in this world, but there are also competitions among the sects, and there is also a chain of contempt between each other.
Just like the many sects occupying the land of Zhongzhou, the area they control is the most essential area in the world, with the most spiritual energy and the most powerful people.
Whether it is the Xuantian Pavilion of the Yunmeng Empire, the Jingyuan Temple of the Western Regions, or the Nanzhou Island where Pei Xuanjing was originally located, they are all foreign places in their eyes, and they feel a little bit like looking at the country people.
In places like Xuantian Pavilion and Jingyuan Temple, their power is the only one, and they are all concerned about the control of the dynasty. They often mock the many sects in Zhongzhou for their loose control over the dynasty and insufficient ability.
Both sides look down on each other, and there are constant fights between each other. Now seeing the Jingyuan Temple being robbed, these people are very happy.
"In a person's life, blood and spirit are yang, and spirit and soul are yin. However, when the soul and spirit are combined, the spirit and body interact, and the yin and yang are transformed and complement each other, it is magical and extraordinary. For those who practice martial arts, the yin of the spirit and soul merges with the body of blood and soul, and the spirit and flesh become one, and their cultivation is greatly improved. This is to replenish yang with yin. However, those who practice spirit and soul have never known that the masculinity of blood and spirit can replenish the weak essence, blood and vitality of the spirit and soul after transformation. The body, spirit, soul and soul, yin and yang complement each other, and the supreme way..." Pei Xuanjing flipped through the scriptures he had taken from the Jingyuan Temple in his hand, reading them carefully. He didn't care about anything outside, and didn't care what kind of waves it caused.
The Taoist arts of the Jingyuan Temple are best at the transformation between the spirit and the body, but the Jingyuan Temple is more about using their Taoist arts to heal injuries and make up for the deficiency of qi and blood.
But in Pei Xuanjing's view, this kind of connection and mutual transformation between the soul and the body is actually another way of cultivating the body and the soul, which has great reference significance for his practice.
According to the Taoist scriptures of the Jingyuan Temple, the body is yang and the soul is yin. From then on, the complementation of yin and yang and the unity of the soul and the body are undoubtedly a supreme path.
In addition to the practice of the transformation of the body and the soul, this kind of yin and yang is also an extremely novel viewpoint in Pei Xuanjing's view.
All things in the world are born from chaos and born from yin and yang. Only with yin and yang as the foundation can everything be derived and nurtured.
The law that Pei Xuanjing practiced originally involved the way of yin and yang. Flipping through the yin and yang transformation of the Jingyuan Temple in front of him, the fusion of the body and the soul, he began to try to integrate it into his electric light shining body technique.
Originally, I was going to use thunder to temper my body, but since the soul can also feed back to the body, then according to this theory, yin and yang are all things, can I also turn thunder into yin and yang, temper the soul on one side and temper the body on the other, and then use the common attributes of thunder to achieve a resonance effect, complementing each other.
In addition to the Taoist scriptures of the Jingyuan Temple, Pei Xuanjing also recalled the insights he gained from fighting with many powerful people such as the Great Zen Temple and the Dao of Creation, and integrated all these things.
Pei Xuanjing has done more than once to absorb the strengths of hundreds of schools, take their essence, and turn it into his own use.
In particular, the Amitabha Sutra that has been practiced by the abbots of the Great Zen Temple for generations is the supreme method of cultivating the soul, which is more powerful than the Taoist scriptures of many top sects.
Although Pei Xuanjing and the abbot of the Great Zen Temple could not see each other's sect-defining Taoist scriptures, the characteristics of the soul of the abbot of the Great Zen Temple who practiced the Amitabha Sutra were essentially different from those of other strong men.
When they reach the realm of true immortals, sometimes they want to study many things, and they don't need to understand them step by step from the shallow to the deep.
More often, the reason why the true immortals don't know is because they have never come into contact with them. Once they see these things, they can draw inferences by analogy, and even if there is only one result, they can reverse the cause and effect and try to deduce the original process.
Just like the Taoist Sanbao himself didn't know how he became a ghost immortal by chance, but when Pei Xuanjing came into contact with him and observed his Taoist fruit, he had roughly deduced some of the processes of the ghost immortal way.
It is precisely because of this that Pei Xuanjing was able to perfect a smooth ghost immortal cultivation path so quickly after coming to this world. Although it seems similar to the strong men of this world, there is a huge difference in essence.
The Dao of Creation, the Dao of Supreme Being, the Xuantian Pavilion, the Great Zen Temple, and the Taoist families passed down by the sages of the various schools of thought, after Pei Xuanjing's visit, even if they were unwilling to let Pei Xuanjing observe the most core Dao scriptures.
But even the most basic Dao scriptures and techniques are a great gain for Pei Xuanjing. Because the paths of techniques created by any strong man are systematic, and their cultivation concepts can be seen from the initial things.
With these cultivation concepts and cognitions, it is basically no problem for the True Immortal to deduce similar things.
At the realm of the True Immortal, many concepts of techniques do not need to be kept private, and they even hope that more people will practice their methods and walk their ways, so that they can get more blessings in the dark and go further.
Daoism, such supreme killing methods and those magical weapons and treasures are what determine the combat power of the True Immortal.
The so-called Dao can be passed on, but the law cannot be passed on lightly is like this.
Strong people who are on the same path, their mastery of the law has evolved into the mastery of Taoism, as a supreme means of killing, which determines their strength.
In Daxing City, although the story about this Shenxiao Zhenjun is still circulating, no one dares to visit him rashly at this moment.
Pei Xuanjing's fame not only did not hinder the struggle for the succession of several princes and princes in the Daye Dynasty, but it also accelerated the speed of this aspect.
With the support of various sects, these princes and princes continued to fight for power and fight openly and secretly. At the same time, some sects of the Daye Dynasty began to be unstable.
The border was in flames, internal chaos occurred, and various natural and man-made disasters continued.
In the short few years that Pei Xuanjing was in seclusion, the entire Daye Dynasty went from being prosperous to a situation where it seemed like a building was about to collapse.
In the vast Daye Dynasty, in addition to these princes, there are also some powerful officials who take advantage of the situation. Although they have not yet completely gathered the banner of rebellion, with the support of some clans and families, they have turned a blind eye to the orders of the Daye court and become a country on their own.
For this reason, the Daye Emperor made a decision to let these princes lead the troops in person, each commanding one side, suppress the rebellion of all parties, try to regain the power of each state and county, and eliminate those vassal states with disloyal intentions.
Although the old emperor also knew that his princes were ambitious, he could restrict them if they stayed in Daxing City. If these princes were really allowed to leave the capital, it would be like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger returning to the mountains. Their strength would be stronger and the competition would be fierce.
On the one hand, there were constant civil unrest in various places, and it seemed that wars were about to break out and rebellions would continue; on the other hand, the departure of many princes from the capital would inevitably lead to the growth of power and the extent of being too big to be eliminated.
Under these two results, the old emperor chose the second one without any hesitation.
Because the so-called "choose the lesser of two evils", the former is a civil war, if the rebels are strong, then the Daye Dynasty may be overthrown.
As for the latter, even if these princes are really too powerful to be eliminated, the final result is nothing more than their own abdication from the throne, and the Daye Dynasty will change an emperor. Anyway, they have been on the throne for a long time, so it is not a bad idea to abdicate a few years in advance.
So, these princes and princes left the capital of Daxing and went in all directions. They commanded their own staff and subordinates, and with the support of those sects and families, they quickly seized power, gathered troops and formed a powerful vassal king.
The so-called dragon slayer becomes a dragon.
After these princes and princes suppressed all parties, when they gathered these troops under their command, their ambitions began to grow.
After all, they had never controlled troops before. Even if they had the support of many people, the final decision was in the hands of the emperor. But now with these troops in hand and the support of the strong, their mentality immediately changed.
As the old emperor expected, after these princes had mastered the power, they naturally refused to give it up, especially to return these rights and then put their fate in the hands of others again.
Even if some princes are willing to agree, they are still unwilling to do so, but don't forget that they are not alone, and there are countless supporters behind them, who will constantly seduce him and make him determined.
Therefore, after these princes who left the capital eliminated some of the ambitious people, they also turned into new ambitious people. In addition to temporarily alleviating some of the unrest, it undoubtedly aggravated the crisis of the Daye Dynasty.
The original struggle of many princes was very fierce. Now that all parties have mastered the territory of the prefectures, they have begun to think about constantly expanding their own territory to expand their voice.
After all, there is another way to ascend to the throne, in addition to getting the emperor's approval and defeating many opponents.
That is, if you can really occupy half of the Daye Dynasty, even if you can't get the emperor's approval, you can ascend to the throne with your own strength.
In the following time, the forces of these princes and princes rubbed against each other, with various conspiracies and lobbying. They were actively expanding their influence and preparing to encircle and suppress the remaining largest bandits.
But they didn't know, or knew but couldn't say, that these bandits were not isolated, and there was support from these powerful forces behind them.
For top sects like Tai Shang Dao and Zao Hua Dao, they have done countless times to promote the change of dynasties, and there are countless ways and means.
They know that sometimes a solid fortress is broken from the inside, so these rebellions and separatism in the Daye Dynasty in recent years have the shadow of these sects and families.
For them, no matter which one the old emperor chooses, they have a corresponding plan.
If the old emperor chooses to send other people and let these princes stay in the capital, then they will increase support for these rebellious separatism to sweep the entire Daye Dynasty.
The old emperor chose the latter. While supporting these princes and sons in their quest for power, they also used this opportunity to integrate these rebellious separatist forces, constantly selecting and nurturing these people, so that the strong ones could absorb the rest of the forces and become stronger.
Therefore, when these princes and sons took charge of the state and county troops, the rebellious separatist forces that they had defeated also began to automatically gather together to form several more powerful forces.
There will always be heroes in troubled times. The fact that they not only survived the suppression from all sides, but also continued to grow stronger, is enough to prove the strength of the remaining forces and the excellence of their leaders.
When dynasties change, there are always some strong people who can stand out and ascend to the supreme position from a commoner.
Just like the Emperor Taizu of Daye was just a minor official in the previous dynasty, but he was able to take advantage of the wind in the troubled times. Although he had the support of various sects, it was only after his power was formed in the later period.
In the beginning, Emperor Taizu of Daye also relied on his own ability and charm to gain the trust and follow of many people. Since then, he has defeated many opponents all the way and became one of the last few powerful anti-kings.
At present, these sects are using the same method, which is nothing more than repeating what happened when the last dynasty changed more than 300 years ago.
In fact, if the will of these sects and families is unified, then the change of dynasties will be easy and there will be no such trouble at all, but in fact it is more than that.
For these high-ranking religious families, the change of dynasties is not only the reason why they prohibit the emergence of the dynasty, but also the process of them taking this opportunity to fight and test each other and redistribute interests.
Each religious family has its own interests. If the different people they support can make it to the end, they will get the greatest benefits, which also means that they will gain the dominant position in the next dynasty's prosperity and suppress their opponents.
For those religious families who failed in the last dynasty change, this new dynasty change is a reshuffle process, and they can take this opportunity to take back what they once had.
It can be said that the change of dynasties is just a superficial phenomenon, and the real game is still behind, with conflicts of interests among all parties.
Moreover, this dynasty change is different from the past. In addition to their original players, there is a new entrant.
Although new forces have emerged in recent years to participate in the dynasty change, they have gained benefits and gradually grown. But these forces are accumulated from nothing, not this time.