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Chapter 4810 4813 [Buddhism and Taoism Dual Cultivation]

Hearing Xiang Nan say this, Ning Caichen let out a long sigh.

He knew very well that Fu Qingfeng was not Nie Xiaoqian, but because they looked identical, it was difficult for him not to have lustful thoughts about her.

However, Fu Qingfeng has been betrothed since he was a child and has been betrothed to the Ma family, a family friend of the old family. It is said that she will be married in a month.

So even if he wanted to do something, could he still ruin this marriage? He might as well go back to his hometown and spend the rest of his life missing Xiaoqian.

"Brother Ning, don't worry, leave this to me." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "We in Kunlun Sect are good at observing the fortunes of the people. I can see at a glance that Miss Fu's marriage is destined for you. It would be bad if she married into the Ma family."

"Really?" Ning Caichen regained hope after hearing Xiang Nan say this.

Xiang Nan nodded.

He then found the Ma family and told them that his son and Fu Qingfeng were destined to be together in their previous lives. Once they got together, there would be unrest in the family and the family fortune would decline. Within a year, all the members of the family would die, without a single person left.

After hearing what Xiang Nan said, the Ma family no longer dared to marry Fu Qingfeng and immediately chose to cancel the engagement.

Fu Tianchou also listened to Xiang Nan's advice, knowing that if his daughter married into the Ma family, her fortune would clash with theirs. At the very least, there would be quarrels all day and unrest in the family; at the worst, she would clash with Tai Sui and the whole family would die.

Therefore, he also accepted the Ma family's cancellation of the engagement.

Afterwards, Ning Caichen took the initiative to come to the Fu family to propose marriage and expressed his willingness to marry into the Fu family.

Because of his meritorious service in subduing demons, he was also conferred the title of first-class county baron by the emperor, which was roughly equivalent to a fifth-rank official. Although compared to a first-rank official, it was a bit shabby.

But after all, there was a favor, so Fu Tianchou readily agreed to the marriage.

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When the emperor heard about this, he was very happy. He issued an imperial decree to make it happen and also awarded two golden pigs to celebrate.

A month later, on the same day, Xiang Nan and Ning Caichen got married together.

Ning Caichen married Fu Qingfeng, and Xiang Nan married Fu Yuechi.

Fu Yuechi was also very satisfied with marrying Xiang Nan.

Firstly, Xiang Nan's magic is very powerful, and his magic power is boundless. Women all admire strong men, so they naturally admire him.

Secondly, Xiang Nanfeng was handsome, elegant, and had a first-rate appearance. Fu Yuechi had already been attracted to him.

Therefore, marrying him now is naturally a happy thing.

Fu Qingfeng had no objection to marrying Ning Caichen.

Although they had only known each other for a few days, she could see that Ning Caichen was a good man with a pure heart and a sense of loyalty and righteousness.

Moreover, he had bright eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips and white teeth. Although he came from a humble background, he was a handsome young man with elegant manners.

He is much better than the young master of the Ma family, whose background and appearance are unknown.

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After the marriage, Ning Caichen stayed in the Fu family, while Xiang Nan stayed in the Imperial Master's Mansion.

After drinking the wedding wine of the two, Yan Chixia chose to return to Lanruo Temple to continue his retreat.

According to him, the human world is too complicated, while the ghost world is black and white. So he would rather be with ghosts than with humans.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan began to assist the emperor in revitalizing the government. He proposed many good policies, such as appointing people based on their merits, exercising benevolence, banning bad policies, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, providing relief to disaster victims, and suppressing bandits.

But this foolish ruler actually did not want to implement these good policies.

He only thought about drinking and having sex, reveling every night, and even becoming an immortal. He appointed Xiang Nan as the state teacher, but he didn't think about him helping the country and benefiting the people. He just wanted Xiang Nan to help him make elixirs.

Therefore, when Xiang Nan proposed to reduce corvée and taxes, and to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, the emperor was very reluctant and did not want to issue an edict at all.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan was not polite and directly ordered Zhuo Yue to possess the emperor's body and help him handle state affairs. No matter how unwilling the emperor was, he had no choice but to let Xiang Nan arrange it.

Xiang Nan was an expert in handling state affairs, after all, it was not his first time as emperor.

Soon, imperial edicts were issued one after another, and benevolent policies were implemented one after another.

Such as promoting virtuous officials and demoting treacherous officials. Employing upright officials like Fu Tianchou and demoting those officials who were corrupt and perverted the law. These officials were demoted, dismissed, or had their property confiscated.

Such as reducing taxes and corvée labor for the people, and opening warehouses to provide relief to disaster victims; such as clearing up unjust, false and wrong cases, and enforcing laws and disciplines, and making the princes guilty of crimes the same as the common people, so as to restore justice to the people;

Such as clearing out bandits and restoring peace to the people; such as building schools to educate the people and make them cultured and moral, instead of persecuting each other.

The reason why the world of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is so chaotic is because the upper beam is not straight and the lower beams are crooked.

The emperor was incompetent and cruel, the officials were corrupt and perverted the law, the people were living in misery and resentment, so there were so many demons and evil spirits. As the saying goes, when a country is about to fall, there will be evil spirits.

That is why Xiang Nan revived the government, enforced the law, and supported the collapsing building. In this way, the order of the world can be restored.

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In addition to rectifying the chaos and enforcing discipline, Xiang Nan also went out of his way to capture demons and evil spirits.

This way, we can restore peace to the people, and secondly, we can use demons and evil spirits to make elixirs, which is killing two birds with one stone.

However, not all demons and evil spirits in the world are as powerful as the tree demon, Pudu Cihang, and the Black Mountain Demon. Most of them are small monsters and are not that strong. They are hardly a match for Xiang Nan.

Therefore, Xiang Nan easily captured many demons and evil spirits, and then threw them all into the alchemy furnace to make elixir.

Their individual magical powers are small, but when combined, they make a powerful elixir that is still very nutritious and a rare good medicine for Xiang Nan.

After Xiang Nan took these pills, his skills were greatly enhanced.

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In addition to supporting the country and the people, Xiang Nan himself also began to practice "The Five Qis to the Origin Sutra", "The Taiyi Talisman for Delivering Evil" and "Namo Baoxiang Tathagata Sutra".

The Five Qis Returning to the Origin Sutra is about gathering the power of the five elements to reach the state of the Five Qis Returning to the Origin. The Five Qis Returning to the Origin is the state of the celestial being, a higher state than the gods, equivalent to the Arhat fruit position of Buddhism.

"Taiyi Du'e Fulu" records many magical talismans, and the power of each talisman is very strong, far surpassing "Dunjia Fuying Jing".

Such as the Tai Shang Demon-Slaying Talisman, the Five Thunders Evil-Suppressing Talisman, the Azure Dragon House-Guarding Talisman, the Vermillion Bird Yin-Burning Talisman, the Puppet Substitute Talisman, the Nine Netherworlds Soul-Summoning Talisman, the Gengjin Barrier-Breaking Talisman, the Six Ding and Six Jia Protective Talisman, and so on.

The "Namo Baoxiang Tathagata Sutra" is an authentic Buddhist practice. After practicing it, one will attain the status of Arhat, which is equivalent to a Taoist celestial being.

There are also countless exquisite Buddhist teachings, such as Sanskrit chanting, universal Buddha light, great prajna palm, nectar mantra, indestructible body of Vajra, etc.

It’s just that the crooked-mouthed monk Pu Du Ci Hang chanted sutras and turned the orthodox Buddhist techniques into demonic ones.

The original purpose of chanting in Sanskrit is to purify the souls of sentient beings and guide them to be good, but he used it to become a "life-claiming Sanskrit chant";

The Buddha's light can calm the mind, heal illnesses, and transform one's inner demons, but he ended up using it to turn it into the "Avici Buddha's light" that can kill people without leaving any blood.

Xiang Nan naturally would not distort Buddhism in that way, so he practiced orthodox Buddhism.

Although the Buddhism and Taoism in China seem to be different, they are actually from the same lineage. For example, the Kunlun School and Yan Chixia all practice Buddhism and Taoism together, so it would not be wrong for Xiang Nan to practice Buddhism and Taoism together.