From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 195 New Textbooks for Middle Schools in Four Provinces [6K chapter, please subscribe! Please give me a monthly ticket!]

Compared with the list of branch locations established on that day, the Taoist Alliance now had an increase in the number of awakened spirits and innate people.

China slightly adjusted its original plan, initially establishing 36 branch offices based on provinces, with at least one enlightened spirit in each branch office.

Among the six innates, Qi Qiansu and Sun Boyang led the remaining Qi Ling to stay in Qingcheng Mountain, Chen Xiyan stayed in the capital, and the remaining three innates were arranged in Hubei, Hunan, Shandong and other provinces with a higher degree of spiritual energy recovery.

At this time, the Taoist Alliance held its launching ceremony, and each Taoist priest received his own arrangement notice.

The spirit awakening people who were assigned were also selected according to their age. They were basically Taoist priests who were too old and whose aptitude and foundation had no hope of further advancement. Most of the young descendants like Jin Ying who had the potential to be innate were left to practice in Qingcheng Mountain.

At the ceremony, every Taoist priest had a sad look on their face. It had been several years since the Luotian Grand Ceremony had first gathered to announce the revival of spiritual energy.

There are nearly a hundred Dharma lineages and thousands of Taoist priests who preach and discuss Taoism on Mount Qingcheng every day, step by step outlining the direction of cultivation in China. Under the deliberate guidance of the government, the dispute over the unity of Quanzhen and the differences between Dharma lineages have gradually become blurred.

When we meet, we are all fellow Taoists. We don't have to worry about the trivialities of food, clothing, housing and transportation. It can be said that this is a truly immortal place far away from the world.
Jin Ying and other young Qi Lings were also feeling bad. Most of their masters were assigned to garrison outside. For example, Taoist Master Chengxin of Qianyuan Temple was assigned to the Minjian area.

There is no acquaintance without fighting. Zhu Ling and Jin Ying understand each other very well. Seeing Jin Ying feeling uncomfortable, Zhu Ling wanted to comfort her but didn't know how to start.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. After all, Baiyunshan is a unique case of being detached and unrestrained.

After the bigwigs from the capital spoke in turn, it was naturally the Taoist Alliance leader Qi Qiansu who gave a summary speech.

The entire Laojun Pavilion was silent. Qi Qiansu stood up at the first seat with an expressionless face.

After a long while, he slowly spoke:
"This ceremony is to bid farewell to all of you fellow Taoists. Thinking of the long journey ahead, the ninety-six Dharma lineages and one thousand four hundred and twenty-six fellow Taoists present here are all in different places, and I am reluctant to let you go."

He sighed. Qi Qiansu had taken over as the leader of the Taoist Alliance for some time and his prestige was already there. At this moment, a low voice came out of his dry and hoarse throat, which sounded sad and sorrowful, and made everyone's heart tremble.

Qi Qiansu changed his tone again and said, "However, our Taoism 'respects the Tao and values ​​virtue'. The core of Taoism is to retreat from the world and cultivate oneself in seclusion, while to enter the world and make progress. The word 'Tao' originally means that the country and the family are connected, the upper and the lower are combined, and progress and retreat complement each other.

Qi Qiansu looked around at the Taoist friends below, his eyes sparkling:
"Chinese Taoism has always adhered to the basic spirit of "Taoism values ​​moderation". Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has emphasized "ritual first" and "care for the country and assist destiny". "Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the lost knowledge of the past sages, and create peace for all generations." Although it was passed on to the world through Confucianism, it is also the diligent pursuit of our Taoism."

This statement is well-founded and based on historical references. Qi Qiansu has considered it for a long time.

"I hope all of you fellow Taoists will work together and take charge of various places to rescue disasters and eliminate harm and demons. Many calamities ago, you have accumulated the Tao. When you have made contributions, you will be promoted step by step. You should abide by the great rules and not be selfish and make mistakes. This time, you will pray to the altar to protect the country and the people, and you will have incredible merits and achieve the Tao!"

These remarks were passionate, and Qi Qiansu even mobilized his spiritual energy, allowing his voice to spread throughout the entire Qingcheng Mountains. All the Taoists below the stage were focused and bowed in admiration.

After Qi Qiansu finished his speech, the remaining part of the ceremony was the final part, the ordination.

After consultation between the authorities and the heads of various sects, it was decided to abolish the previous ordination levels of the Justice and Quanzhen sects. All Taoist priests would be registered and approved by the authorities, and the Taoist Alliance would uniformly re-ordination them.

This time the ordination is still in accordance with the previous settings of Taoism, and the conditions will be adjusted and modified based on this.

After the revision, according to the provisions of the Tiantan Yuge, there are 5 levels of ordination, and the conditions for ordination are extremely harsh. In addition to personal prestige, meritorious achievements, and scripture assessment, each level of ordination also has cultivation requirements:

The first level of ordination: ordination of the "Tai Shang San Wu Du Gong Jing Lu", referred to as "Du Gong Lu", requires one to be familiar with the "Morning and Evening Exercises Sutra", recite the "Laozi Daode Jing" and "Du Ren Jing", and has no restrictions on cultivation. There are 272 Taoist priests in the Taoist Alliance who have received the ordination, and they are of the fifth rank;

The second level of ordination is to ordination of the "Great Supreme Alliance Prestige Scripture Scripture", referred to as the "Almighty Alliance Scripture", which requires a thorough knowledge of all Taoist scriptures and at least the ability to draw in qi. The Dao Alliance has 108 Taoist priests, including Jin Ying and Yan Ming, who have received the Scripture, and it is a fourth-grade title;

The third level of ordination: ordination of the Shangqing Five Thunder Sutra, referred to as the "Five Thunder Sutra", requires a thorough knowledge of the Shangqing Sutra and at least the ability to awaken the spirit. The Taoist Alliance has 36 Taoist priests including Sun Boyang, Wu Peng, Zhang Miaofa, and Chen Junchang who have received the ordination, and it is a third-grade title;

The fourth level of ordination: ordination of the Three Caverns Sutra of Shangqing, referred to as the Three Caverns Sutra. It requires one to be proficient in the Three Caverns Sutra and have at least innate cultivation. The Taoist Alliance has three Taoist priests, Qi Qiansu, Chen Xiyan, and Zheng Zhaoyuan, who are in charge of the ordination. They are of the second rank.
The fifth level of ordination is to grant the "Shangqing Dadong Sutra Ordination", abbreviated as "Shangqing Ordination", which requires a thorough reading of the Tibetan Buddhist canon and at least a certain level of innate cultivation. It is a first-rank title and no one has yet received it.

This ordination was made after comprehensive consideration and had already been discussed in advance with the Taoist priests of various lineages. Elder Xie and Qi Qiansu even held a meeting to discuss it for a week. Although the list caused widespread discussion after it was released, there was no objection in the end.

There are also many requirements for the granting of the ordination certificate at each level. It is not that you can receive the ordination certificate just by reaching a certain level of cultivation. There are also merits and scriptures to be assessed.

For example, Gong Qi, who was born with a natural talent, had already joined the Taoist League and became a Taoist priest, but because he failed the examination of scriptures, he was only awarded the second rank.

For example, Sun Boyang and Wu Peng, two innate people, although they have high cultivation and passed the examination of scriptures, their achievements are not enough, so they are only awarded the third grade.

Taoist priests with a high basic ordination level, in addition to having passed the test of cultivation and scriptures, have all participated in the Blood Demon Incident and spiritual energy exploration, or handed over their own scripture inheritance, and made contributions to China's spiritual energy recovery and development plan.

It is no wonder that the Chinese government and the Taoist Alliance are so cautious. Among the 1,426 Taoists in the Taoist Alliance, less than half of them were finally ordained. This ordained title determines the resources and benefits that the Taoist Alliance and the government will distribute to the Taoists every month in the future.

The lowest first-class "Dugong Lu" provides three kilograms of spiritual rice per month. The second-class "Mengwei Lu" and the third-class "Wulei Lu" provide spiritual rice as well as spiritual materials, plants and stones.

The Taoist priests received the talisman in turn according to who called their names. Some sharp-eyed Taoist priests discovered that this time the Taoist Alliance actually prepared the highest-grade fifth-level "Shangqing talisman".

Everyone knew that at that moment in China, there was only one person who was qualified, with both achievements and cultivation up to the standard, and who could be awarded the "Shangqing Lu". However, that person was born lazy and did not show up to receive the Lu.

Zhao Ziyao, Zhu Ling and Wang Xin who were present at Baiyun Mountain also had titles. Zhao Ziyao was awarded the third rank, while Zhu Ling and Wang Xin were awarded the first rank.

Their ordination is also recorded in the General Register of All True Sects, but it is only a nominal ordination, without any monthly share of resources and benefits.

According to regulations, those who receive the lower two levels of ordination "can apply for promotion four years after the initial ordination; and can apply for additional ordination four years after the promotion", which is actually the "Luotian Grand Ceremony" held every four years.

The top three "Shangqing Five Thunder Sutra", "Shangqing Three Caverns Sutra" and "Shangqing Great Cavern Sutra" are senior positions in the Taoist Alliance. One cannot apply for them just by having enough cultivation and time. One must also be familiar with the relevant classics and pass the scripture assessment. Then, the Taoist Alliance and the official will form a team to conduct merit assessment before one can be selectively promoted.

It was not until the evening that the unified ordination ceremony was finally completed.

After the ordination is completed, it also means that the launch ceremony is over.

Each level of ordination has its own Taoist robe and crown. At the final closing ceremony, Qi Qiansu stood in front of all the Taoists wearing the purple "celestial robe" that was reserved for the top leader.

The robes are calf-length and have various auspicious Taoist designs of Yu Luo Xiao Tai, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the Bagua pagoda embroidered with gold and silver threads.

Led by Qi Qiansu, the rest of the ordained Taoist priests of various ranks put on their robes and performed the closing ceremony under the statue of Laojun in Laojun Pavilion.

Taoist vocal music was played all around, incense was burning, and the Taoists looked solemn. Zhao Ziyao, who was always lively, did not dare to speak at this time.

"In this evil world of six turbidities, it is difficult to reach the pure heaven. I wish to benefit the netherworld and purify the altar. So that the body and spirit can be purified and the ghosts can be saved on the cloud platform. The teachings have a cloud chapter, you should recite it..."

"I respectfully believe that Qinghua has spread the teachings and opened the door to saving people from suffering. Xishu has spread the scriptures and widely demonstrated the ways to save people... I have bestowed upon you the throne. The merits of the nine returns and seven returns have all returned to the Great Chi. You have saved people from the three paths and five sufferings, and helped them escape the cycle of reincarnation. All beings benefit, and both the underworld and the underworld benefit. Those who must come to the stage to welcome you..."

“…I bow my head and take refuge in the Daluo Heaven, which has mercy on and forgives sins in the human world. If you want the soul of the deceased to ascend to the immortal world, please recite the divine mantra to the public.”

After the singing ceremony ended, the heads of various capital cities returned on their special planes. Qi Qiansu turned around and looked at the vast Dharma lineage, his heart filled with excitement.

"My fellow Taoists, take care of your future!"

He bowed heavily and finally couldn't hold back his tears.
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When Zhao Ziyao brought Zhu Ling and Wang Xin back to Baiyun Mountain, Li Yang and Chi Yanhong were studying magic weapons in the Yuchan Hall.

Seeing Zhao Ziyao taking out various gifts from her backpack and laughing so crazily, Li Yang couldn't help but give this guy another slap in the face.

"What are you doing? Look at how exquisite the gifts they gave you this time are. There are also golden swords and silver plates. It would be a shame if you two didn't take this opportunity to make some money."

Zhao Ziyao combed her hair lovingly, rubbed her forehead, and smiled brightly.

Li Yang was speechless for a moment. "These are useless to people like us who are practicing cultivation."

“But it’s beautiful!”

Zhu Ling on the side was not so jumpy. Instead, he and Wang Xin respectfully handed over the robes and talismans with both hands.

"This is what Taoist Priest Qi asked us to hand over to our master."

Li Yang and Chi Yanhong looked at each other and took the robes.

Li Yang's robe was purple, and the talisman he carried was naturally the fifth-grade "Shangqing Lu" that had not been shown at the ceremony. Chi Yanhong's robe was silver, and the talisman he carried was the "Sandong Lu" of the same grade as Qi Qiansu and Chen Xiyan.

The two looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

After becoming more familiar with Li Yang and understanding his character, Old Xie and Qi Qiansu had hinted many times that they wanted to invite the Baiyun Mountain lineage to join the Taoist Alliance and offered extremely generous conditions, but the two declined.

They did not want to attend the ceremony, not only because they disliked overly official occasions, but also because they knew about the ordination ceremony.

Both of them are relaxed and freedom-loving people. If they were to arrive at the scene, it would be neither right to receive the certificate nor right to not receive it.

Receiving the ordination certificate means, in a certain sense, that you are a member of the Taoist Alliance. No matter how high your status in the Taoist Alliance is, you will always be subject to its control.

If you don't accept it, there are more than a thousand Taoist priests present. Are you not giving them face? Although Li Yang didn't care, he didn't want to make the relationship between the two sides awkward. This gift was also Qi Qiansu's goodwill to the two. Even if they didn't join the Taoist Alliance, their identities were still officially recognized in the Taoist Alliance.

Thinking that the old abbot of Baiyun Temple had only bestowed him with the "Dugong Lu" before his death, Li Yang no longer objected and asked Zhu Ling to hang the robes and talismans in the Yuchan Hall.

Chi Yanhong naturally didn't care about status and title, but it was an honor after all, and he also let Wang Xin hang up in the Yuchan Hall.

Afterwards, Li Yang asked about the Taoist priests’ ordination and the distribution of ordination to various places, which turned out to be pretty much what he expected.

Li Yang also felt emotional:

"If we meet again in the future, I will call you Daoist friend and we will all be through the ups and downs of life!"

After dismissing Zhao Ziyao and the other two, Li Yang and Chi Yanhong continued to study the Yasakani no Magatama.

The Yasakani no Magatama is the treasure of the Sakura Country. Logically speaking, its function should be no weaker than the Murasaki sword, but he and Chi Yanhong studied it for several days and still found nothing.

They could only preliminarily determine that this Yasakani no Magatama contained an extremely high level of energy. Even with the combined efforts of Li Yang and Chi Yanhong, they were unable to guide and utilize this energy.

There is no doubt that this Yasakani no Magatama must have been left behind by an ancient cultivator, and the cultivation level of this cultivator is extremely high, far above the level of the cultivator.

The more difficult it was to analyze, the brighter Li Yang and Chi Yanhong's eyes became. This meant that this Yasakani no Magatama was very likely related to a realm above the realm of seed.

What is above the seeding path? No one dares to make a judgment. Currently, Li Yang is the only one in China who has the cultivation of the seeding path.

Chi Yanhong had read many scriptures, and at this time he spoke uncertainly: "The path above the seed path seems to be to transform the spiritual energy into a more efficient and active energy?"

Li Yang nodded. As the experience bars of Yuchan's and Yangwu's Qi-eating methods gradually increased, he also had this vague premonition.

"I have read the description of the Inner Alchemy Method and would like to learn from it. The Inner Alchemy Method divides the realms of cultivation into: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao. The corresponding realm to the realm of cultivation is 'refining spirit into emptiness'."

"These terms were first seen in the book San Tong Qi, where Wei Boyang summarized the cultivation methods of the Dan Jing before the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, these sentences were also clearly recorded in the book Lv Zu. Regardless of how much far-fetched and fabricated they were, the description of this realm is too illusory."

Li Yang frowned. These words were no secret. Almost everyone in China who could access the Internet was familiar with them.

Refining the spirit and returning to emptiness is also called the upper level or the nine-year level. It refers to a state of perfection. It is the third stage of inner alchemy practice. This practice process is different from the first level "action" and the middle level "intersection of existence and non-existence". Instead, it is to practice the method of non-action, enter the great concentration, observe and illuminate, nourish and warm, and refine the pure yang spirit.

The so-called pure yang god, that is, the yang god, is obviously contrary to the method of eating qi.

In the Qi-eating Root Method, Yang Shen is just an achievement and not a great realm at all.

Chi Yanhong shook his head and retorted: "Although the Inner Alchemy Method may have been borrowed from the Qi-Eating Method, they obviously formed their own system later. Their cultivation realm must be different from the Qi-Eating Method, so we can't trust it completely."

"I think that above the seed path, there are also branches."

Although Chi Yanhong looks gentle, he has a very opinionated personality. He is usually cold and doesn't like to talk, but once he speaks, he will never blindly agree with Li Yang's opinions.

"I even suspect that since the Qin and Han Dynasties until now, there has been no master of the Qi-eating method who is above the seed path, so it is meaningless to read those. There is no reference value at all."

Chi Yanhong's eyes sparkled as she expressed her own opinion.

This is not nonsense, now the spiritual energy has been revived for nearly three years, and side door methods, inner alchemy methods, and sword immortal methods have been published one after another, but there are only these two articles on the method of eating qi in the hands of two people.

Li Yang knew that the Yuchan Qi-eating method was most likely lost, and was bred out by him using the system.

The Yangwu Qi-eating method was carved on Mount Emei, and only a few coffins on the cliff remain of the descendants of the once-passed method.

If the method of eating qi had produced a master above the level of the Tao, why would it have declined to this point?
"Been taught a lesson!"

This remark woke Li Yang up, and he nodded and agreed with Chi Yanhong's point of view.

He had been reading the scriptures on inner alchemy over the past few days, hoping to learn from them, but he found nothing and could not find anything that matched his own situation, and he almost went crazy.

Now it seems that it’s not that it can’t be found, but that it doesn’t exist at all.

"Now it seems that we can only explore the realm above the Qi-eating method on our own!"

Li Yang became more cautious. Although he had a system cheat, it would not be enough to just rely on the system to increase experience points to improve his realm.

Li Yang's mind moved, and his eyes fixed on the experience bar on the panel.

【旸乌食炁法：2阶（18490/5万），解锁状态：五雷术（1/5），木霆法身】

【玉蟾食炁法：2阶（16879/5万），解锁状态：御剑术（5/9）】

Now the experience bars of both root methods have reached 1/3.

When he broke through to the Dao that day, if he had not been blessed with good fortune and suppressed the desire to break through the Jade Toad Qi-eating Method and instead held back on advancing both the Yin and Yang methods at the same time, his current combat power would have been cut in half at least.

Before breaking through, he must think clearly about what he should and should not do when advancing.

Li Yang felt like he was walking on a dark plateau. There were no ancient people in front of him, and no one coming behind him. He could only grope forward step by step in a daze.

It was confirmed that the Yasakani no Magatama had touched a realm above the path of cultivation. The two then explored for a while, but found nothing and could only retreat to contemplate.

While the two were in seclusion, Taoist priests from various factions of the Taoist Alliance had already taken up their posts in various parts of the country in an orderly manner.

Taoist priests leave Qingcheng Mountain by train every day. Passengers see Taoist priests with immortal looks carrying large and small bags and taking trains and high-speed trains to various parts of China at Chengdu East Station every day.

This action could not be concealed from the domestic media, or the authorities had no intention of concealing it at all.

Those explorers who were still living as wild men in the famous mountains of Sichuan and had never even turned over the corners of their Taoist robes suddenly saw these Taoists who had been hiding in the famous mountains and rivers of China appear in large numbers. For a time, they were talking about it.

However, after these Taoist priests arrived at the branches in various places, they did not show off too much. The doors were always closed, and only special cars appeared occasionally. Ordinary people could not even see them.

As a result, people often stopped and lingered in front of the branches of the Taoist Alliance in various provinces. Some extreme people even knelt in front of the door and wanted to become disciples. In the end, they were driven away by the urban management who came after hearing the news.

This kind of half-hidden posture of wanting to hold the lute makes the Chinese people itchy. They thought you were going to do something big, but who knew that you would just move to another place and continue to hide.

There was no movement, no matter what, which made some people who were firm in their ideas begin to waver.

At the same time, an organization called Daomeng quietly entered the public eye.
There were actually many organizations like the Taoist Alliance in China before, and similar web pages were everywhere on the Internet, such as the World Taoist Federation and the Chinese Taoist Association. Many of them were newly established before the revival of spiritual energy in the 21st century and were officially recognized.

But this organization is obviously different. When its webpage and list of positions were posted on dy, netizens discovered that many bigwigs in the Taoist Alliance were the leaders of various sects before the Taoist sect disappeared collectively.

It was established just after the southern Sichuan earthquake, so the twists and turns involved are worth further investigation.

September.

After nearly half a year, the Taoist priests in various places have remained missing and there has been no movement, and the people who were waiting in front of the Taoist alliance meeting places have all dispersed.

What is unexpected is that the Ministry of Education of China suddenly made a big move.

On September 4, Li Yang came out of seclusion in Yuchan Palace. Zhao Ziyao and Zhu Ling, who were in a hurry, swiped a piece of news from their mobile phones to show him.

"[#Xiang, Hubei, Fujian, and Sichuan# Middle schools in four provinces issued the Qigong Induction Chapter#]"

"Shocking! A secret manual on Qi training appeared in the first grade of Xiangnan Junior High School? Is this going to lead the whole nation to cultivate immortality? (Unveiling the new textbooks in four provinces, the road to cultivating immortality may have been opened!)"

It was a standard shocking headline, not official news. Li Yang curiously opened the link and found out that the article was written by a self-media called "Go to Sleep When You Are Sleepy".

"It's September, the new semester starts, and there's suddenly some unusual noise in the first-year classrooms of many middle schools in Shuchuan. It turns out that the middle school students were given a copy of 'Introduction to Qi Training' when they started school. This is the beginning of a nationwide trend of cultivating immortals! As a native of Shuchuan, I'm quite surprised. Is Shuchuan going to lead the trend of cultivating immortals in the new era?"

This kind of thing that was expanded from a sentence into an article did not contain any useful information at all. Li Yang surfed the Internet and found the link to the so-called immortal cultivation textbook.

I clicked on it and found that this "Introduction to Qigong" issued by the Ministry of Education of four provinces was not as mysterious as I imagined. It was just some basic breathing exercises and gymnastics movements. It was enough to exercise the body and enhance the temperament, but if you want to use it to cultivate something...

Li Yang curiously turned to the title page of the e-book. On the title page, the author's name was written as "Written by Qi Qiansu, Chen Xiyan, and Sun Boyang"

(End of this chapter)