Chapter 377: The Choice of Lower Taoist Priests
For three days, Mu Xingqiu did not take a step forward in Pangshan Gymnasium. He either practiced hard or received groups of visitors in a small study./
Ding Wei's soul was not found. In Shen Geng's memory, this useless soul was abandoned outside the suburbs of the imperial capital. After more than a year, it was already gone. In this way, the only Taoist priest who was wandering outside was gone. Many people remember this name, but they don't remember him.
Ding Wei's death was a heavy blow to many young Taoist priests. They had heard Ding Wei's passionate and generous speech and were deeply inspired, but now they could not tell whether this encouragement was true or false, harmful or not. They were deceived, but they felt that some of the liar's words were reasonable.
These Taoist priests came to see Mu Xingqiu in groups, squeezed into the study, and sought advice from the newly selected leader of the Demon-Slaying Association.
The title of leader does not look like a Taoist priest. Although the bald man liked it very much, after everyone discussed it, he decided to call Mu Xingqiu "Master General" - a general who knows magic. However, in most cases, Taoist priests still habitually call "Mu Taoist fellow" or call him by his name directly. At least for Yang Qingyin, Mu Xingqiu is Mu Xingqiu.
Mu Xingqiu re-encouraged the depressed young Taoist priest and said to them: "Yangshen Peak was once snatched by Shen Geng, but after it was taken back, it was still the treasure of Pangshan Mountain. The clone of the ancestor peak will not change because it was touched by Shen Geng. Moreover, the Demon Slaying Society was not established by him, and the purpose was not proposed by him. Remember the original intention, don't care what Shen Geng once said."
Yang Qingyuan, a Taoist priest from Qishan, came the next evening. His soul was discovered in time by the Taoist priest of Luanjingshan. He was bound in Liang Shiji's body and was bound by a talisman and could not move. After his body and soul were united, he seemed very weak and had a brief conversation with Mu Xingqiu, without apologizing or gratitude. Instead, he expressed his decision in the method of a Taoist priest: when entering and exiting, he twice gave Mu Xingqiu a formal ceremony, which meant that he would swear to follow the demon-slaying generals to the death.
Then there are other Taoist priests, those who have always supported Mu Xingqiu, who have been neutral in the past and now turn to it. Mu Xingqiu talked patiently with every visitor, wanting to know the real purpose of their participation in the Demon-Slaying Association. Some people are trying to survive the Taoist fire disaster, some people cannot stand the weakness of the Taoist dynasty and hope to regain glory, and some people are just on a whim, thinking it is interesting to break the barriers of each Taoist dynasty to establish an independent organization.
There is a kind of person who is most interested in. They are all from mortals without exception. Slaying demons and eliminating demons for them is not only to maintain the status and honor of the Taoist dynasty, but also to protect their relatives and friends who still live in their hometown.
"My home is less than a hundred miles away from Xijie Country occupied by the demon clan! A raid by the demon soldiers may be... I don't believe that Longbin and the army can protect my relatives." The Taoist priest often expressed excitement when he talked about his hometown.
Among the Taoist priests of various Taoist priests, the sounds they make are very weak. For a person who is working hard to practice, it seems a bit out of place to worry about relatives and friends. Although there has never been a Taoist priests who have never forbidden to feel homesick. Taoists still consciously kept silent.
They may speak freely in front of Mu Xingqiu, because this Dharma General was also a mortal, and his relatives disappeared inexplicably because of the demon seeds. They could understand their vigilance and anxiety about the invasion of the demon clan and the destruction of their hometown.
Purely relying on conversation and without using any magic, Mu Xingqiu gradually understood the ideas of the members of the Demon Slaying Association, and his confidence became more and more strong, just waiting for Shen Jixian to win him the qualification to participate in the consultation of higher Taoist priests.
The Taoist priest Shen Jiyi of Yashan also came. He was one of the first people to come and said a lot of words of apology and self-blame.
Taoist Pang Shan, especially Yang Qingyin, had no trust in Shen Jiyi at all. She remembered that Shen Jiyi once said to Lan Binggu, who was transforming into a demon Taoist priest - you are not the only one who has this idea. This seems to imply that he had known Shen Geng's existence, rather than just awakening that night of the fight.
There is no relevant evidence in Shen Geng's memory, so this matter can only be left alone. Shen Geng provided crucial information after all, which was enough to make up for all previous mistakes.
Mu Xingqiu politely received Shen Jiyi, and also wanted to know the real motivation of the Swallowing Taoist Priest to join the Demon Slaying Society, but he got nothing. Shen Jiyi's answer was no different from the bold words that Shen Geng had said before. It seemed exciting, but in fact it was general.
The great talisman master Liang Shiji did not come. After his soul returned to his original body, he was sent to the Longbin Society. He disappeared from then on. There was no news. The Longbin Society did not send anyone to communicate with the Demon-Slaying Society. He probably felt that it would be impossible to explain it clearly to the higher Taoist priests.
The same thing that was not heard was Xin Youtao. Shen Hao couldn't hold back his anger for several times. Mu Xingqiu asked him to wait any longer, "If Xin Youtao's soul has been abandoned, it would be useless to be anxious. If the soul is trapped in someone's body, now is not the best time to rescue him."
Mu Xingqiu has learned more secrets of Taoism and will no longer go straight to Longbin Society like before. He wants to open a gap from the higher Taoist priests first. This is the key to solving all problems. It is not only to save Xin Youtao's perhaps still life, but also the future of the Demon-Slaying Society.
On the third night, Mu Xingqiu was discussing the next plan of the Demon-Slaying Association with Taoist Priests Pangshan. Shen Jixian came and nodded to Mu Xingqiu, signaling him to come out with him. In the courtyard, he said, "Do you understand what you are going to do?"
"I understand." Mu Xingqiu had already figured out what to say.
Shen Jixian nodded, led the way forward, and did not walk to his own room, but arrived at Zuo Liuying's room. "I no longer act as a grandmaster, so I won't go in."
The gray-bearded Shen Jixian smiled a little, as if he was happy to be able to stay outside.
"Thank you." Mu Xingqiu was sincere in gratitude. He didn't expect that Shen Jixian would reveal so many secrets of Taoism to him and win him the opportunity to speak for him.
Zuo Liuying's room was still shrouded in smoke, with glimmer of light. Mu Xingqiu seemed to be among the stars in the sky, feeling that he had suddenly become countless times taller, and stepped forward carefully, for fear of breaking the light spots.
Zuo Liuying sat cross-legged on the incense burner, her eyes closed without any reaction.
Mu Xingqiu was wondering what he should do. The smoke around him changed and kept gathering and gathering, quickly forming more than a dozen shadowy figures. Only Zuo Liuying in the room was still clearly visible, like a statue that should not be left here.
A voice sounded, "Say it."
This is the scene where high Taoists discuss things. They don’t meet each other at all. Even the figures formed by smoke are probably specially prepared for lower Taoists.
Mu Xingqiu took a step forward and suddenly found that there was nothing under his feet, just a dark void. He was in the illusion caused by many high-ranking scholars. He had experienced this illusion of the five elements of water in Zuo Liuying many times.
From the moment I entered the door, Mu Xingqiu used the illusion of mind to protect his mind. At this time, he directly upgraded from the third level to the fifth level, ready to enter the sixth and seventh levels at any time.
He would never give up what he thoughts in his mind.
What should I say? To reason? No one knows more than these high-level Taoist priests; begging? That will only show weakness and incompetence, and will be of no help to impress the Taoist priests; to coerce and induce? Even this idea itself is a joke.
"Things have changed." Mu Xingqiu started with this, and did not expect a stunning success. "History is full of repetition, but the demons returned to the world, making this repetition different from before. Perhaps this is a repetition with a longer cycle. I cannot be sure. I only know one thing. I cannot deal with the demons and this change with the previous methods."
Are you really talking to a group of high-level Taoist priests? Looking at the star-like light spots, the void under your feet and the blurred figures around you, Mu Xingqiu suddenly felt puzzled. Maybe this was just a perfect illusion created by Zuo Liuying or Shen Jixian, and there was no outsider at all.
But he continued to talk, even if there was nothing around, he would continue to talk.
"I am an inhaled Taoist priest, and I can't understand the practice of the higher Taoist priest. Just like you can't understand the practice of the contemporary ancestors, he is the only Taoist priest who has fulfilled Yuemang, closed the Wangshan Mountain, but did not give any reason. As far as I know, the ancestor has never interfered in the idea of any Taoist priest. In the great thing of resisting the demon clan, every Taoist priest, every grandmaster and every high Taoist priest have his own ideas. The ancestor did not try to unify these ideas. He did what he thought was the right thing and allowed you to do his own things. Because the change was too drastically, no one could guarantee that his ideas were the only correct choice."
Without any reaction, the sound came from Mu Xingqiu's mouth, like a dead leaf floating towards the abyss, which seemed to never reach the water surface, and would not cause a slight ripples.
The only thing he could do was keep talking and speak loudly.
"This is what I ask for. The freedom given to you by the ancestors. I hope you can also give lower Taoists. We have insufficient practice, short-sighted knowledge, and often make mistakes, but we also have choices in the face of a huge change. After several years, we may regret this choice, and even feel that we are extremely stupid, but thoughts themselves have affected our practice. Unless we are given the opportunity to realize this idea, it will not disappear easily, and its impact on practice will continue to exist."
Mu Xingqiu warned himself that the higher Taoist priests understand these things, and that they have never directly interfered in the establishment of the Demon-Slaying Association is a clear proof, but his request is not as good as this.
"I hope you can completely withdraw from the organization of lower Taoist priests like the ancestors, and stop using your wise means to influence anyone. What the Taoist dynasty needs is a unique choice, not an existing choice."
Mu Xingqiu raised his arm and took off the Pangshan Dao Hairpin from his head. "For this reason, I will withdraw from the Pangshan Daotong. I will also persuade all members of the Demon Slaying Association to withdraw from their own Daotong. If the Dao Fire is not extinguished, it is better to try to let it burn in more places."
The lights in the room were connected into one another, and more than a dozen smokes changed in an instant, and Zuo Liuying opened her eyes.
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