Chapter 140 The Demon in the Tao
"Revenge, I want revenge."
Tang Ming's eyes were red and his teeth seemed to be broken.
Zhu Shan, Li Lin, Jiantang and his confidante Yang Xue were all buried in Chang'an. This was the greatest shame in his life.
Zhu Shan and Li Lin were not bad in nature, but Chen Kuan was a suspicious and arrogant person. In order to hide their clumsiness, the three of them acted as playboys together since childhood to dispel the court's doubts about the Tang family.
Now that his best friend died because of him, Tang Ming felt guilty and regretful.
From childhood to adulthood, in the Tang family, there were many scholars who talked and laughed, and there were white men who came and went.
Even the martial arts masters in the desert and Goguryeo still have to sell themselves a little, and have their own demeanor when interacting with each other.
I didn't expect to meet such a person as Kou Zhen.
A woman with a fairy-like temperament and wearing a long aqua dress walked in. The whole room seemed to become much brighter, and everyone said hello.
"Fairy Yun!"
"How's it going?" Yun Qiong nodded slightly to everyone, and then looked at Tang Ming with concern.
"Fortunately, I'm not dead. This incident has benefited me a lot. I won't make this kind of mistake again in the future, but... the cost is a bit high." Tang Ming sighed.
"There is bad news, the aristocratic family in Guanzhong..."
Yun Qiong talked about the tragic situation of these aristocratic families. While talking, some elders of the Tang Kingdom, such as Tang Hu and some old generals, also followed.
"Tianjie tramples all the bones of the prince... Where did this evildoer come from!"
Hearing these words, everyone felt terrified. Aren't the bones of the public minister theirs?
Do these people really want to make the world turbid?
All the dark history of the aristocratic family has been uncovered by Taoism. Killing them will not only prevent them from being hated by the people, but will actually eliminate harm for the people.
"From the people's point of view, they may be right, but we have our own Taoism. We cannot make any compromises with Taoism, and we must fight to the death!"
The three rentier classes, the royal family, the aristocratic family, and the officials, exploited the people, leaving only a little in the hands of the people.
Does Taoism not exploit?
They were indeed exploiting, but they got rid of the long-established gentry, and then expanded the profits. They tried to get as many plates as possible and let more people share them; they abolished the poll tax and corvee, and the corvee was hired with money.
"Where does this money come from?"
someone asked.
They are not pedantic. If there is something worth learning about Taoism, they might as well learn it.
"The money comes from the aristocratic family. This money was originally earned by the aristocratic family, but it was used by them to drive the people." Tang Ming said.
Just these words made everyone stop wanting to study.
After Tang Ming analyzed this point, everyone knew that the two sides had a life-or-death relationship.
"Who is the instigator, Xu Xuan? Why is the country in trouble? Sure enough, there are evildoers in troubled times!"
Xu Xuan is so mysterious.
The strength is tyrannical and does not allow for both good and evil.
Is this person really a god?
"Regardless of ghosts and gods, judging from the current situation, they have also offended the Demon Cult. How about cooperating with the Demon Cult to defeat this evil monster in troubled times?"
"Can try."
Only by gathering the power of the world can we defeat this evil demon who is causing trouble in the world and pretending to be gods and ghosts.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to persuade good and evil to cooperate.
At this time, Yun Qiong suddenly said: "I have written to the two holy monks of White Horse Temple and my master. They are willing to take action when necessary and promise to teach Mr. Tang his secret skills."
"Taoism is so rampant, the King of Sanren may also have to help."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Aren't the four great masters helping them?
Tang Ming's cold expression finally changed and he said, "Thank you, Yun Qiong."
"You're welcome, we have to do it for the sake of the world."
It is their responsibility to assist the British Lord and bring peace to the world.
Tang Ming recovered slightly from his injuries and immediately embarked on a journey to visit Baima Temple and Jingming Temple.
Under the training of the four great masters, his abilities will reach their peak.
At the same time, the Tang State began to contact other forces to jointly curb the evil force of Taoism.
For a time, all the righteous paths were in motion, with Tang State as the center and Tang Ming as the banner.
Somewhere between heaven and earth, somewhere in the mountains and forests.
In the dark and deep mountain forest, a black shadow suddenly flashed, and a person stood on the top of a ten-foot-tall primitive giant tree.
This man has a white face and no beard, bright eyes, and a gentle temperament. He looks like a middle-aged Confucian scholar. He stands on a branch the size of his thumb without any fluctuations.
"What a Xu Xuan... you are a torturer of ghosts and gods. I want to see if you are a real ghost-shaker and summoner of gods."
“Is there anyone in the world who is closer to God than me?”
The middle-aged man murmured to himself, and then his face became excited. This was the excitement of facing the unknown.
Suddenly, the surrounding wind suddenly rose, and a strong Yin Qi erupted from the man's body. The left half of his face was evil with dark pupils, while the right half had a calm face with golden pupils; he was half god and demon, half immortal Buddha.
"hehe!!"
Soon, this person completely transformed into a terrifying demonic form, roaring to the sky, and was arrogant and arrogant.
The demonic energy faintly formed a pair of wings behind his back.
Not far away there was a fat man dressed as a businessman who was secretly frightened.
"The Lord's skills are getting stronger and stronger. Who else in the world can beat him?" the fat man thought to himself.
Uh-huh!
There was another strong gust of wind, and the demonic shadow appeared behind the fat man.
"Prepare the car, I will go to Chang'an to meet this person."
"As you command!"
This person is Gu Xiao, the top master of the Demon Sect, and the world also calls him the Demon Emperor.
After practicing in seclusion for many years and integrating the secret techniques of hundreds of schools, he finally broke through the Grand Master and became the emperor of the Demon Sect.
Gu Xiao also has a Taoist heart and has always had the ambition to integrate hundreds of schools. Now that a new great master has appeared, why can't he investigate it?
Soon, a carriage set off from Shu Kingdom and headed for Chang'an City.
On the way, Gu Xiao turned into a calm white-clothed Confucian scholar again.
The transformations between life and death, demons and immortals, yin and yang are deeply in line with Taoist thought.
Xu Xuan didn't know that someone was looking for him.
At this time, he was setting up the magic circle.
This time it is not the top of Lishan Mountain, but the eye of Feng Shui Dharma.
A sycamore tree stands here.
Thirty feet with the sycamore tree as the center is the radiation range of the tree roots.
Xu Xuan was standing outside the sycamore tree at this time, looking at the open space in silence.
"With a radius of about 100 meters, the Baichi Cliff is no longer needed. The outermost layer is about 10 feet where the Iron Bamboo Forest Formation is located, and an open space is left for Sun Simiao to refine elixirs. The inner layer is made into the Huntian Dharma Altar, which is used to refine ghosts. Skeleton Refining.”
"Yes, that's exactly it."
Soon, Xu Xuan gave an order and various materials were transported.
Bamboo, jade materials for the base of the formation platform, and jade platforms were laid on the ground with the sycamore tree as the center. There are ten of these platforms in total, one foot wide and nine levels.
This is the Huntian Dharma Altar.
Under the altar there are various devices for communicating with the earth.
The better thing about Wutong Cave is that it can use earth energy to maintain the formation, rather than spiritual energy.
If it were replaced by spiritual energy, I'm afraid it would cost a lot of spiritual stones.
Lu Jing took the drawings and directed the Taoist direct descendants to participate in the construction.
Ordinary materials are left to others to make, and some materials containing spiritual energy are made by Xu Xuan himself.
"How's it going down the mountain?" Xu Xuan asked Sun Simiao.
"Everything is fine, Chang'an has been settled for the first time, and our things have been arranged."
"That's good." Xu Xuan nodded.
"Where's Xiang Youxian?"
"He is on his way back. He went to Shu. He may have made some new discoveries."
"Um."
The two of them had no conversation.
At the foot of the mountain, sitting opposite Kou Zhen was a man with burn scars all over his body. The two old men next to him were his father Kou Jie and Five Ghost Taoist.
"Are you the Demon King?" Kou Jie asked in surprise.
Why did the Demon King become like this?
"Everything about being a devil or not is over." Zhu Yuan waved his hand.
During this period of time, he went to visit the folk. Everything was different from before. Unlike the rumors that the world was full of monsters, this place was even more prosperous than before.
The government's money will not be hidden until it rots, but will be used boldly for construction. Special economic officials are responsible for regulation. As for those sour scholars who only read the Four Books and Five Classics, they will be swept directly into the garbage dump.
The number of schools and students is also more than ten times that of before, and all schools of thought are represented.
This regime does not even have princes or emperors, so it naturally does not need to learn the Confucian tricks of governing people.
"Devil...Zhu Yuan, where do you want to go?" Xu Xuan gave special instructions to Kou Zhen, remembering to place Zhu Yuan in place, but never mentioned the matter of planting insects, probably because of this person's character.
"Go to school and become a teacher."
"good!"
Time passed by, and all the forces seemed to have a tacit understanding, and no one chose to take action against other forces.
The Central Plains of Baima Temple, the Bashu of Jingming Temple, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lingnan of Han clans, the Taoism of Guanlong; the Tang and Guandong clans merged, and the so-called Guandong is the Qilu area of the ancient Yan Kingdom.
The northern forces formed two camps: East and West, with Guanzhong and Guandong.
As Taoism continued to kill and uproot sects, as well as not compromising with other forces, many people were pushed towards the Tang State, whose territory was at least three times that of Taoism.
Wow!
The hundred-foot waterfall hits the water surface and splashes water mist all over the sky.
Tang Ming worshiped the waterfall and showered himself. Next to him, an old monk with white eyebrows meditated quietly.
"Precepts, concentration, and wisdom. This is the way of the great master."
…
In the vast desert, a monk in a robe bid farewell to his friends.
"Old friend, I'm going back to the Central Plains." Wang Dao said.
"You want to move too?" Murong Xuanqi asked.
"We have to move. The Grand Master confuses the people with his superstitious beliefs in ghosts and gods, and the destructive power he brings is unimaginable. It's time to bring order to the chaos."
…
The sound of reading loudly came from the library.
A teacher with his face covered caught a glimpse of a person standing outside the window, so he said to the students: "Read the book by yourself, don't be lazy, the teacher will inspect it later."
Then, the man walked out of the church.
There was a middle-aged man in white standing outside the door.
Gu Xiao smiled and said, "Why did you become a teacher?"
"Why did you come?"
"Come for Xu Xuan!"