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Chapter 2 Quanzhen Religion

"Okay, my brother has really become Yin Zhiping now! If I meet Xiaolongnu who is prone to being pushed down, would I want to be a beast or would I be worse than a beast?"

Yin Zhiping shook his head and said self-deprecatingly. He looked at the mirror carefully and found that his face was not dirty. He simply took less time to wash, threw down his sword, opened the door, and quickly walked out. The morning class time was really coming, and his master Changchun Zhenren Qiu Chuji was famously strict.

Yin Zhiping's footsteps were full of style. In addition to taking shortcuts, he also used light skills. The memories that originally belonged to Yin Zhiping naturally included Yin Zhiping's martial arts. Yin Zhiping accepted everything from Yin Zhiping, and now he was able to perform smoothly and without any hindrance.

Now is the time when the entire Chongyang Palace starts to do morning classes, which is solemn and solemn. Yin Zhiping dares not go in front of others without any cover. He just uses the technique of lightening his body to run quickly while there are no one in the world, or when there are few people and no one pays attention. He is the example of the third generation of disciples of Chongyang Palace and is also a well-known person in the world. He pays attention to proper behavior and manners on weekdays, so he is not good at losing his solemnity before his younger generations.

The Quanzhen Sect was first created by Wang Chongyang and was the founder of the founding sect. The seven sons of Quanzhen, such as Ma Yu, Qiu Chuji, were Wang Chongyang's personal disciples and were the second generation. Zhao Zhijing, Yin Zhiping and others were the disciples of the seven sons, and belonged to the third generation. Now the Quanzhen Sect has developed to the fourth generation of disciples, all of whom are the disciples of the third generation of disciples, and are the "Qing" generation. Although Yin Zhiping has not yet accepted disciples, he is also a master and uncle-level figure, so it is naturally not easy to lose his part in front of the younger generation.

There are also lay disciples in the Quanzhen Sect. These lay disciples cannot be named if they do not become monks, but they just learn martial arts. For example, Cheng Yaojia is a lay disciple accepted by Sun Buer, a native of Qingjing San. Her master is the second generation, so she naturally belongs to the third generation. Yang Guo later became the disciple of Quanzhen, and his master is the third generation of Zhao Zhijing, so he naturally became the fourth generation of lay disciples.

Now that morning class is approaching, most people have rushed to the hall, and many places are empty, so they just can use light skills to rush to Yin Zhiping. Although it is not easy to use it with all their strength, the speed is naturally much faster than walking over. When it is almost time to get a lot of people in the hall, Yin Zhiping took over the light skills and walked over after changing to Shishi.

Along the way, some Taoist priests of the Qing generation greeted him respectfully, some called him "Shi Bo Yin", some called him "Shi Uncle Yin". There were other disciples of the Zhi generation, either called him "Shi Brother Yin" or "Shi Brother Yin". Yin Zhiping naturally had to return the greeting and say hello. As for the younger disciples, they didn't have to care about them, just nod or "hmm".

Quanzhen Sect has grown and flourished in recent years. Even the total number of lay disciples is more than a thousand, and hundreds of them are stationed in the Chongyang Palace in Zhongnan Mountain. In addition to lay disciples who do not need to attend morning classes, there are also as many as five or six hundred people who come to attend morning classes every day.

So many people naturally cannot be collected in the main hall. Although the main hall is very spacious, five or six hundred people cannot be squeezed out. Therefore, the only ones who can list the main hall are Qi Zi Quanzhen and dozens of third-generation disciples of the Zhi generation. The fourth-generation disciples of the Qing generation with the largest remaining people can only be listed in the outside square.

Yin Zhiping quickly walked to the hall and saw that the third generation of disciples of the Zhi generation in the hall had basically arrived. According to the different masters they worshipped, they were divided into seven rows. On the left is the disciple of Ma Yu, the eldest son of the Seven Son of Quanzhen, the disciple of Ma Yu, and on the right is the disciple of Sun Buer, the young man of the Qingjing Sanren, which is a female crown, but only five. Qiu Chuji is the fourth son of Quanzhen, and is in the middle row.

This arrangement order is basically fixed, and it is like this every day. Yin Zhiping possessed Yin Zhiping's memory and was very familiar with it. After entering the hall, he glanced at it and confirmed that it was still the case, he walked to the second cushion in the front of the line in the middle and sat down.

Qiu Chuji's teacher Wang Chongyang also accepted seven disciples. If Yang Kang is added, there are eight. Not counting as Yang Kang, a lay disciple, Yin Zhiping is the eldest brother of the disciples of Qiu Chuji's lineage. Li Zhichang, who had called Yin Zhiping to get up before, was Qiu Chuji's second disciple, and was ranked below Yin Zhiping and had the best relationship with Yin Zhiping.

Among the seven sons of Quanzhen, the one who received the most disciples was King Chuyi of Yuyang, who had accepted a total of eighteen disciples, and these eighteen disciples also received the most disciples. Therefore, among the seven sons of Quanzhen, Wang Chuyi was the most prosperous in recent years.

The eldest disciple of Wang Chuyi's lineage is Zhao Zhijing. This person is also the most skilled in martial arts among the third generation of Quanzhen Sect, and Yin Zhiping also wants to be behind him. It is not that Yin Zhiping is not as good as Zhao Zhijing, but that Zhao Zhijing is older after all, and he is ten years earlier than Yin Zhiping. Although Yin Zhiping is better than Zhao Zhijing, he cannot catch up with him in ten years.

Among the seven sons of Quanzhen, the second disciple to Wang Chuyi was Changsheng's son Liu Chuxuan, and the second was Danyang's son Ma Yu, followed by Guangning's son Hao Datong. Then it was Changchun's son Qiu Chuji, followed by Changzhen's son Tan Chuduan and Qingjing Sanren Sun Buer. Because Tan Chuduan died early, he only accepted five disciples during his lifetime. Sun Buer had few disciples because there were not many women who studied Taoism.

Shortly after Yin Zhiping sat down cross-legged, he heard a chime sound and saw several white-haired and bearded Taoist in black Taoist robes coming out one after another in the side door of the hall. The last one was the gray-haired old Taoist nun, naturally the only female among the seven sons, Sun Buer. The rest were the other five sons except Tan Chuduan, and the six sons were all here today.

Yin Zhiping felt a darkness in front of him, and his current master, Changchun Ziqiu Chuji, had already sat on the first cushion in front of him. Naturally, the other five sons each sat on the first cushion in the row of their disciples. Tan Chuduan was dead, and the first cushion in the row of his disciples was empty. However, although the person was gone, he still had to set up the cushion as usual.

After the sixth son sat down, another leisurely chime sounded. Today, the master disciple who was in charge of the hall shouted "Morning class began!" Under the leadership of their respective teachers, the Taoist priests began to recite scriptures and mantras, first chanting the "Men of Purification of the Heart", then chanting the "Men of Purification of the Mouth" and "Men of Purification of the Body". After reciting the Three Pure Mantras, they recite the "Tao Te Ching" and then the "Men of Purification of the Heart Sutra".

The Quanzhen Sect is different from other Taoist sects before this. It emphasizes the unity of the three religions. It uses the Taoist "Tao Te Ching", the Buddhist "Prajna Heart Sutra" and the Confucian "Filial Piety" as the classics. These three sutras are necessary for Taoist priests in Quanzhen.

The unity of the three religions is not only a verbal statement, but also a list of the scriptures of Confucianism and Buddhism as classics. The specific doctrines and expressions are also the unity of the three religions. For example, it emphasizes the purity of practice, hard practice, and enters the priesthood of becoming a monk, and there is no food for food, no marriage allowed, etc. Everything is in line with the Buddhist precepts of practice. Moreover, the most important thing is to emphasize the Confucianism's principles and ethics.

In fact, in other sects, Taoists do not have to abide by the rules and regulations. They can not only eat meat, drink wine, but also marry and have children. Entering the sect does not mean becoming a monk, but rather a family inheritance. For example, the main road of Longhu Mountain is passed down from generation to generation.

It was precisely because the Quanzhen Sect was powerful and spread all over the country that Taoist priests became like monks in the eyes of the world, and they were monks who did not eat meat or fish, and could not marry. When they saw Taoist priests who ate meat, drink and marry wives, they thought they were not serious Taoist priests. In fact, they were not from Quanzhen Sect, and they could not help them. Apart from learning Taoism, they were basically the same as ordinary people.

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