Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 221 Wanyan Kang Takes Power

Qiu Chuji wanted to help the other Quanzhen disciples, not entirely out of friendship.

Nezha actually gave a very clear reminder.

During these days, Qiu Chuji often thought carefully based on his own opportunities and summed up some ideas. They may not necessarily be correct, but they definitely have certain guiding value.

If you want to get involved in the world, you have to have power and background.

This is true for mixing in the world, and it is also true for mixing in the world of immortals. In other words, in any circle in this world, there are same principles to follow. You cannot say that it is old-fashioned, low-level, and therefore not applicable.

It is very common for many people who claim to be superior to do low-level things.

No matter whether it is Journey to the West or Investiture of the Gods, they are talking about the same thing.

If you have a background and a backer, you will not fall as long as your backer falls. If you have no background and no backer, your magic weapons will belong to others, your cultivation will belong to others, and even your life will belong to others.

Qiu Chuji is in Taoism and is the founder of Quanzhen. He has the support of Taoism and above him are Three Pure Ones, Four Emperors, Five Elders, Six Officials, Seven Elements, Eight Poles, Nine Stars, Ten Cities... All of them are big shots, but they are all innate gods and the true source of Taoism. But if you count further, those Taoist gods who ascended to become immortals from well-known mortals are either independent cultivators, ancient qigong practitioners, or they are from the Zhengyi Taoist lineage.

The four famous Heavenly Masters are either the founders of Zhengyi Sect or have close ties with Zhengyi Sect. They are basically of the same mind.

In comparison, Quanzhen Taoism is not very impressive in this regard.

It doesn't mean that Quanzhen wants to go against Zhengyi. We are all disciples of Taoism. Although we have different tendencies, we all worship the Three Pure Ones.

However, the founding purpose of Quanzhen is beneficial to Taoism. It is more open and inclusive, which makes it easier to expand in certain aspects.

This is a bit similar to Buddhism. Buddhism has always accepted whoever has a lot of popularity. For example, Guan Erye has nothing to do with Buddhism, but Buddhism just gave him the status of Galan Bodhisattva. It was completely forced upon him without any shame.

Zhengyi Dao is not so embarrassed in this regard.

Therefore, if you compete for incense and faith, you will easily lose out.

Whether Buddhism spreads to the East or Taoism spreads to the West, doesn’t it just depend on which side’s scriptures are recited by more people?
The mortal disciples were not good enough, so it was not a good idea for the gods above them to start a fight over this. After all, if they fought once, the entire prehistoric world might be destroyed, and if they fought again, all the heavens and worlds would be shattered into ashes. It would be a pity to admit it. At this time, the key and importance of Quanzhen Dao became obvious.

The Quanzhen Sect teaches that the three religions are one, that Buddha is originally Taoism, and that it has uprooted the ancestral tomb of Buddhism. Of course, the innate gods of Taoism will support it.

Qiu Chuji thought that this was how he got his Yuxu Bell.

After all, in the novel, the Yuxu Bell is the treasure that Yuanshi Tianzun uses to summon his disciples to come and listen to his preaching. This treasure fell into his hands and can gather fellow Taoists from all the heavens and worlds to communicate together. The meaning and direction are already very clear.

It couldn't be that he was just lucky and got a great bargain for nothing!

With this direction, Qiu Chuji will inevitably have conflicts with Buddhism and even Confucianism in the future. If you think more, those Western gods and their believers may not be opponents and targets of "domination".

In this case, Qiu Chuji must have made plans early, instead of finding out that he is alone and powerless when the time comes.

Qiu Chuji had no intention of missing out on training all the Quanzhen disciples, including Yang Kang, Guo Jing, and even Dugu Qiubai and Huang Yaoshi.

He has the conditions to train a team and will of course guide them step by step.

Things cannot be rushed, but they must be done, step by step, and then wait for the harvest.

It is meaningless for a person to be great alone!

The Dao sect does not lack a thug, nor does it lack a transcendent immortal. If Qiu Chuji is really too egocentric, he will probably lose the Yuxu Bell soon.

After summarizing the above, Qiu Chuji became particularly concerned about cultivating talents. The process of taming the demon fetus is also to constantly restrain his original heart and tame his own impulses, delusions, impetuousness and other emotions.

All these thoughts just flashed through Qiu Chuji's mind. In fact, at this moment he and Ma Yu were still discussing their recent circumstances, and they had said almost everything they could.

After hearing that Qiu Chuji released Wanyan Kang to Zhongdu to rescue his father, Ma Yu said anxiously: "Brother, you are so confused!"

"That Zhongdu has become a desolate place. If Junior Brother Yang goes there, I'm afraid that..."

Ma Yu had always been kind-hearted. Although he had heard Wang Chuyi and others say how disrespectful Qiu Chuji was, he was still worried about his life and death.

Qiu Chuji shook his head and said, "This is his choice, and it is the path he must take. Besides... this time he goes, he may be like a dragon swimming into the sea. Let's just wait and see."

As he spoke, Qiu Chuji changed the subject and stopped talking about Wanyan Kang. Instead, he began to talk about the Xinhu Gong, Longmen Qi, the Small and Large Zhoutian Sword Techniques, and the many deletions and modifications he made to the Tiangang Beidou Sword Formation.

He would compile these into a book, together with the Qing Emperor's Longevity Art mentioned earlier, and put them into the Quanzhen Sect's library for all Quanzhen disciples to practice and read.

Not only that, Qiu Chuji will also use the remaining demon pills on hand to set up a smaller Juyuan Formation on the mountain to help his fellow disciples practice.

Qiu Chuji's soul did not return, and his main body remained in the small world to observe at all times, and did not go to the zombie world to collect the demon pills.

Of course, the world is different, the timeline is different, and the speed of time flow is naturally different.

Qiu Chuji's soul has been illuminating him and me, and has stayed in this time and space for half a year, but in other worlds and time and space, it may not have been so long.

The shorter period of time only lasted a few days, and the longer period of time only one or two months. It would not delay Qiu Chuji's arrangements and finalization of matters in other worlds.

As for Qiu Chuji, he was practicing in seclusion in the mountains, and at the same time helping his fellow disciples to improve their cultivation and consolidate their foundation.

Wanyan Kang's life, on the other hand, was thrilling and full of ups and downs.

Seven days!

In just seven days, Wanyan Kang had experienced many things including being chased by thousands of cavalry, sneaking into the city, gathering old subordinates, and seizing power. Now Wanyan Honglie has actually abdicated. Not only has the power of the Sixth Prince's Mansion been transferred to Wanyan Kang, but many political resources that came with it are also tilted towards Wanyan Kang in this special environment.

With the supernatural powers granted by the demon fetus to lead the way, his journey was thrilling but relatively smooth.

In seven days, he took control of Zhongdu and the less than three thousand troops remaining in the city.

At this time, the Mongols had at least 30,000 troops stationed outside Zhongdu, while there were less than 3,000 people in the city. All the men and horses were exhausted, and were gradually approaching a state of running out of ammunition and food. If no more food and grass entered the city, the Jin soldiers would have to start internal consumption and seize food and grass from the homes of the nobles and wealthy families in the city. However, if it really came to this point, no matter who gave the order, he would be cut off from the Jin Dynasty's power.

The Mongols had been besieging the Jin Kingdom since July, and it had been several months now, but they had yet to launch a forceful attack. It seemed that they had consumed a lot of food and grass, but in fact the Jin Kingdom had suffered even greater losses.

Although Zhongdu was the secondary capital of the Jin Dynasty, it was actually a key place connecting the Central Plains and western Liaoning. If the Mongols blocked this place, it would be like locking the throat of the Jin Dynasty, making it difficult for it to breathe.

In order to break the impasse, the Jin Kingdom had to continuously send reinforcements and transport food and fodder to the front line.

The Mongols surrounded the Jin army and attacked its reinforcements, becoming more and more powerful, determined to squeeze all the blood and flesh out of the Jin army.

The Central Plains were not the original homeland of the Jin people. When Mongolia and the Southern Song formed an alliance, the Han Chinese forces and families of all sides naturally supported it secretly, making it difficult for the leaderless Jin soldiers in the Central Plains to gather together and resist the gradual encroachment and division by the Mongols.

(End of this chapter)