Chapter 1324: Leader of Xuanmen
The monks and Taoist priests standing around Emperor Xuanzong were no longer calm and composed. They straightened their bodies unconsciously and squinted like Emperor Xuanzong to look at Su Wu who was walking in slowly.
The monks saw the Buddha and chanted the Buddha's name.
The Taoist priests saw the master and avoided his gaze and dared not look at that figure again!
Li Longji retracted his gaze and looked at the monks and Taoists on his left and right. When he saw the expressions on the faces of the monks and Taoists around him, he immediately smiled and stretched out his arms to greet Su Wu who was walking towards him: "When Master Vajrabodhi said before that he had met a master who practiced Buddhism more highly than him and whose cultivation in Taoism was equally strong, I did not believe it.
Now that I have seen you with my own eyes, I know that what Master Vajrabodhi said is true!"
Emperor Xuanzong helped Su Wu up, who was about to bow down and salute, and looked at Su Wu with more and more satisfaction: "How old are you now?
To be able to appear in the world as a young man, is it possible that you have the ability to keep your youth? Or even to regain your youth?"
He had just seen Su Wu's strong aura, which was difficult for the Taoist monks around him to compare with. Seeing Su Wu look so young and handsome again, he unconsciously regarded Su Wu as a powerful person who had practiced for a hundred years and had the ability to keep his youth, and often traveled the world in the appearance of a young man or a teenager.
Su Wu did not hesitate to hear this, and nodded calmly: "Your Majesty has a keen eye. I have been practicing in the mountains for hundreds of years."
If we really count the time he spent in the simulator, even if he is not five hundred years old, he must be two or three hundred years old.
"You have been practicing for hundreds of years." Even though Emperor Xuanzong had expected it, he was surprised to hear what Su Wu said, "I heard from Vajrabodhi that you practice both Buddhism and Taoism, and your practice is as profound as that of the Taoist masters and Buddhist masters of the time.
I wonder which school you are from, and what is your master's name?"
Su Wu said to Emperor Xuanzong calmly: "I have been practicing all the way, and I have many teachers. However, if we trace the root, it is just 'learning from the Three Pure Ones, having the same roots as Emperor Sui, and imitating the Buddha'."
As soon as these words fell, a thousand waves were immediately aroused!
All the monks in the hall frowned and stared at the young man with a faint expression.
The white-haired Taoist priest named Wang Ju, who had choked the big-headed monk with a few words before, looked up at Su Wu and said slowly: "Although I can't see your cultivation roots, I can see that you are so arrogant now--
Learning from the Three Pure Ones... Did you personally receive the Dharma from the Yuantian Patriarch?"
Emperor Xuanzong also cast his eyes on Su Wu, with a smile on his face, waiting for Su Wu's answer. Su Wu faced the hostile eyes of the feathered monks and said: "I personally saw the Three Pure Ones and cultivated the method of 'reincarnation of all living beings', which can put all living beings into reincarnation, life and death, endlessly."
"Reincarnation of all living beings?!"
Wang Ju frowned.
The other party's tone was calm and firm, as if it was true. This attitude made Wang Ju unsure whether Su Wu's words were true or not, and he was silent for a while.
In fact, the people in their Taoist sect know the roots of the ‘Original Heaven Patriarch’ - the ‘Three Pure Ones’ best, but this secret is not suitable to be said in public, which may cause disaster to the Taoist sect. It is precisely because of this ‘secret that cannot be told’ that the Taoists have no power to refute Su Wu’s words.
The Taoists lowered their eyebrows and eyes, and pondered in silence.
Emperor Xuanzong quietly observed the current scene. The ‘secret of the Three Pure Ones’ could not hide his eyes. Therefore, he was more curious about what kind of method the young man’s ‘reincarnation of all living beings’ was.
Is there really such a method?
Or is the other party ‘pulling the tiger skin and pulling the flag’?
When the big-headed monk saw that the Taoists had stopped, he raised his head high, became imposing, stared at Su Wu and said bluntly: “I wonder if you can achieve anything by imitating the Buddha?”
“It can also become the ‘Eight Consciousness King’.” Su Wu agreed.
The big-headed monk Fazhi looked solemn, and a golden lotus appeared between his eyebrows. He put his hands together and said, "Please teach me!"
The golden lotus spun out from the big monk's eyebrows, shaking the candlelight in the hall in an instant, and pressed down on Su Wu!
Su Wu raised his eyes, but did not move.
——At this time, Emperor Xuanzong flicked his sleeves, and the golden lotus retreated in an instant, and was hit back to Fazhi's forehead by the faint red dragon claws!
"This is not the place for you to fight." Emperor Xuanzong glanced at Fazhi, and Fazhi bowed and apologized. The emperor then turned to look at Su Wu, still smiling. He pulled Su Wu to the front of the throne and said to the monks present, "But the true and false transmissions must be clearly distinguished!"
The monks raised their eyebrows at the words and cast their eyes on the saint.
The sage said: "I want to cure the evil in the world, and I have recruited many strange people in Chang'an. If these talented people with profound skills cannot be divided into upper and lower levels, I think they will not be able to live in peace, and they cannot be used by me, leading me to cure the evil in the world.
Therefore, I want to establish the "Xuanmen" to gather all kinds of Dharma lineages and all monks and Taoists in the Xuanmen.
The ranking of the sages is determined by the level of the battle, the victory or defeat. Among the many battles, the winner can be the "Xuanmen Du Leader", the leader of all Dharma lineages, and cure the evil in the world!
What do you think?"
The eyes of the Taoist monks and Taoists turned around, and a slightly younger monk stood up and saluted Emperor Xuanzong and said: "If the various lines fight each other, there will inevitably be casualties in the battle. In the end, although the final winner can be selected, I am afraid that most of the Xuanmen talents in the world will be dead or injured and will be useless.
What should we do then?"
"All Dharma lineages will decide on their own, and all the Dharma leaders and Buddha chiefs will fight with each other. Disciples of the Dharma lineage do not need to participate in such battles if they have no intention of doing so.
I give five leaders to each of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism.
All other folk dharma lines have only one leader position.
how? "Emperor Xuanzong has obviously considered this for a long time. He directly stated his idea. This is also the core rule of this 'World Fighting Conference'.
The Taoist priest in green with a sword and mustache exchanged glances with the other Taoists, and finally responded to the saint: "That's it... I, Ye Fashan, accept the saint's will on behalf of the Maoshan Sect, and I am willing to take the test."
"My king is determined to take the test according to the sage heir to the 'Hualong Sect'."
"The Vinaya Master is willing to take the exam."
"Zen is willing to enter the test."
"..."
The eyes of all the monks and Taoists present were sparkling, and they were obviously interested in Emperor Xuanzong's proposal. Now if you can win the position of the Taoist leader in the world, it will not only greatly increase your reputation, but also benefit the Taoist sect behind you. Not to mention the actual authority of the 'Leader of the Taoist City', the various resources that can be mobilized are enough to make Dharma lineage flourishes!
At this time, Emperor Xuanzong turned his attention to Su Wu and said with a smile: "I also give you the position of leader. I wonder which dharma lineage you want to represent in this fight?"
"I would like to participate in this battle on behalf of the Kitchen God Sect." Su Wu said.
He had long made suggestions to the current emperor to integrate the power of Xuanmen in the world and govern the world's secrets - but he did not expect that Emperor Xuanzong would coincide with him and first proposed the idea of 'Xuanmen'.
Even though Emperor Xuanzong had impure intentions in establishing the "Xuanmen" and wanted to take the opportunity to balance the forces of Buddhism and Taoism, after meeting Su Wu, he even thought of using Su Wu as a "sword" to kill the Buddhists and Taoists. Ermen Ruiqi's thoughts - but Su Wu didn't care. It didn't matter if he acted as a knife for Emperor Xuanzong. As long as he could get one step closer to the idea of "the world is free from treachery", it would be completely worth it.
"The Cult of Kitchen God..."
When Emperor Xuanzong and the monks heard what Su Wu said, they pondered for a while.
The Taoist priest of the Hualong Sect, ‘Wang Ju’, frowned and said, “The Kitchen God Sect’s whereabouts are uncertain, and the sect’s internal organization is loose. The entire Kitchen God Sect is divided into major main lines and countless branches. Sometimes three or five people can become a branch of the Kitchen God Sect.
There is no apparent ‘leader’ in this sect…”
The old Taoist raised his eyes and looked at Su Wu with a subtle look: "You are participating in this fight in the name of the leader of the Kitchen God's sect. I wonder if other Kitchen God's sect can agree?"
"If they don't want to agree, just let them come to me." Su Wu said.
Wang Ju smiled and shook his head without saying more.
"good.
After working out the details with the ministers tomorrow, I will send an edict to the world and order the "Xuanmen List" to be posted in the major cities in all states and counties to clearly indicate the order of the leaders of the various veins.
From then on, any fight against law was recorded by the 'bad guys'.
The winner of the battle will be ranked on the Xuanmen list.
In this way, from the date of release of the list, until a hundred days later, the person who can rank first on the Xuanmen list will naturally become the leader of the Xuanmen City and the prime minister of all lines.
In this way, the list will be posted all over the world, and all the branches of the Kitchen God Sect in the world will surely know that you are the leader of the Dharma lineage on behalf of the Kitchen God Sect, so they will take the initiative to look for you. "Emperor Xuanzong said with a smile.
"That's just right." Su Wu didn't feel that he had fallen into the trap at all, and nodded with a satisfied smile.
His expression made the saint's smile fade slightly.
The monks all around looked at each other with faint eyes, each with different thoughts.
Once this so-called "Xuanmen List" is released, it will not disturb the lives of ordinary people in the world, but it will definitely cause a turmoil among the various Dharma veins hidden in the dark and exposed in the light?
Starting from the release of the list tomorrow, who doesn’t want to be on the ‘Xuanmen List’?
Who doesn’t want to be the ‘leader of Xuanmen City’? !
The Xuanmen list is bright and shining.
Under the Xuanmen Ranking, the bloody storm is already foreseeable!
The saint discussed everything and was satisfied. The eunuch waiting in the corner recorded all the saint's words and deeds, leaving them to be presented in front of the saint tomorrow. After the saint added polish and modification, they can become the official records of tomorrow's government. issue.
In the current era, although the authority of the saints is restricted by various factors, it is still impossible to increase it.
Nowadays, the saint has this intention, and he is working hard to promote the progress of this matter, and the officials can't stop it. What's more, this is a good thing that benefits the world, so what reason do the officials have to stop it?
In the fifth year of Kaiyuan, it was the time when the wise monarch showed his grand plans.
"Now it's time to take a closer look at this thing." Emperor Xuanzong raised his hand and pointed at the high-mutton-fat jade displayed in the palace, and asked Su Wu with a smile, "I wonder if your Excellency can help me clear up my doubts?
What is the mystery behind this thing? "
Su Wu heard the sound and looked at the mutton-fat white jade in the hall. He raised his eyebrows and opened his eyes silently, reflecting on the piece of sacred jade - the beautiful jade like fat. At this moment, he was worshiping the old man. It seemed that many shadows were reflected, and those incomplete, corpse-like shadows slowly came together, and in an instant they turned into the shape of a pregnant woman's corpse with waist-length hair!
Only Su Wu could see this 'pregnant woman's corpse'.
Everyone present could only see that as Su Wu looked at the piece of Tubo sacred jade, all the candles and lights in the palace were extinguished in an instant!
The nature and intention of the monks and all the ways are all dark for a moment!
They looked solemn and moved in unison for a moment, protecting the saint in the center!
The guards in front of the temple, wearing armor and holding swords, strode into the temple, and even built up layers of defense formations like iron barrels outside the monks!
Emperor Xuanzong looked at the Tibetan sacred jade in the hall with curiosity.
The ‘Lu Mu appearance’ of the Tibetan sacred jade in Su Wu’s eyes disappeared in an instant, and then the sheep fat white jade really ‘melted’ like sheep fat paste, melting into a white light like milk, and gathered layer by layer into a twelve-petal lotus in the hall——
The lotus blossomed, and two female figures walked out of it gracefully and approached Su Wu.
And the lotus floated slowly and floated out of the palace gate——
On the roof of the palace, a ridge beast spread out a twisted and terrifying shadow, instantly brushing across a large area of the sky, grabbing the floating twelve-petal lotus!
The stone statue Weng Zhong spread out its body, transformed into a hideous ghost, and stretched out its arms, holding the lotus platform that was shining brightly in the center of the sky from the earth!
The monks and Taoists used various means to pursue the white jade lotus that had escaped the spirit of Weng Zhong and the spirit of the ridge beast!
The lotus turned out of the palace in a breath, passed over the sky above the various squares in Chang'an, and the next moment it landed on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, disappearing on the top of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!
Su Wu's eyebrows were already sacrificing, and his eyes slowly closed. He winked at Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng who were approaching him, indicating that they should not make a sound.
With joy in her eyes, Danjia, who was dressed in a green dress, pursed her lips and saluted Su Wu with her palms together, without saying a word.
Zhuoma Zunsheng lowered her head, also understood Su Wu's meaning, and remained silent.
Su Wu recalled the "Lu Mu phase" that had just appeared in the jade, and felt a little cold in his heart - only he could see the Lu Mu phase in the mutton-fat white jade before, so it was better to say that Lu Mu was "greeting" him alone in disguise, and "Lu Mu" had already revived at the moment!
He turned around and looked at Emperor Xuanzong and the monks and Taoists.
The feathered people looked calm, with a faint light in their eyes.
The monks bowed their heads and clasped their hands together, all in silence.
Emperor Xuanzong looked solemn, and he looked at Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng who emerged from the jade and then approached Su Wu, then cast his eyes on Su Wu without saying a word.
Su Wu led Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng and bowed to Emperor Xuanzong: "Two of my old friends are sealed in the Tibetan sacred jade.
These two are my disciples.
But the sacred jade was also contaminated by the terrifying and evil spirits of the Tibetans. Now, such evil spirits have planted their roots in the Tang Dynasty and intend to revive here."
Before Su Wu finished speaking, Ye Fashan, who came from the Maoshan Sect, said loudly: "Just now, Yu Rong made a twelve-grade lotus, and that lotus was planted in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
There may be ghosts growing under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!
Your Majesty, I request that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda be demolished and the secrets inside be thoroughly investigated!"
"Your Majesty..." The big-headed monk Fazhi's voice trembled slightly.
But Emperor Xuanzong did not even look at the monks. He nodded: "Check!"
Fazhi lowered his head, his face slightly pale.
'Big Wild Goose Pagoda' is undoubtedly a banner for Buddhism today. If the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is demolished under the organization of Taoism, it will be a huge blow to the reputation of Buddhism!
However, Fazhi could not and dared not obstruct Emperor Xuanzong's decision.
He had accompanied the saint for many years, and he knew the saint's fear of the 'Great Saint Empress Zetian'... the female emperor!
Even if the other party had passed away, it could not reduce the fear in Emperor Xuanzong's heart!