Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 635: Another Adventure, Mastering the Divine Powers of the Great Emperor Tianzun

Zhang Zhiwei flew out of Tianmen Mountain, clouds bloomed under his feet, and a lotus flower grew with every step he took.

Mount Longhu is very popular, and believers often climb the mountain, but Zhang Zhiwei is not seen coming down the mountain. The real person in the world is right in front of us, but we cannot see him.

Zhang Zhiwei walked down the mountain and fell into the crowd. The divine light and strange vision on his body faded, and he climbed the mountain like an ordinary person.

The tourists who came to burn incense came from all corners of the world and did not recognize him as a famous person from Mount Longhu. But when they saw him in a Taoist robe, they knew he was a Taoist priest from Mount Longhu.

Maybe it’s Zhang Zhiwei’s temperament, maybe it’s his “immortal spirit”, maybe it’s his burly figure…

When he walked on the road, no matter how many people there were, he never encountered any situation of disrespect to the immortal master. Most people called him "Master".

Zhang Zhiwei was a humble person. He greeted the pilgrims amiably and instructed them on how to burn incense and where to worship the gods.

He found that most people went to the Temple of the God of Wealth, followed by the Three Stars of Fortune, Longevity and Fortune and the Kitchen God. As for other gods, most people went to pay their respects to them just to take advantage of the presence of these gods.

Zhang Zhiwei didn't find it surprising, as it had been like this since ancient times. He followed the pilgrims to the Temple of the God of Wealth.

Although Zhang Zhiwei is a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, he seldom visits the Temple of the God of Wealth.

Upon entering the Temple of the God of Wealth, the first thing you see is the statue of Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, with Fan Li, the God of Civil Wealth, and Guan Yu, the God of Martial Wealth, on either side.

The incense here is very popular, and you have to queue up if you want to worship the gods.

"Brother Zhiwei, why are you here?" The fellow apprentice who was in charge of receiving pilgrims hurried over to pay his respects.

"I'll just take a look, you continue with your work." Zhang Zhiwei waved his hand and said.

The junior fellow bowed and left.

Zhang Zhiwei stayed in the temple for a moment. His divine mask had reached the third layer. He could clearly see that the surface of the three statues was covered with a thick layer of power of faith.

The power of these beliefs makes the clay statues as bright as colorful glass and appear very sacred.

These powers of faith are rare treasures for those who practice the divine mask, but Zhang Zhiwei has no intention of taking them.

First, this is the belief of the gods of wealth and it belongs to someone else.

Secondly, he looked down upon these powers of faith because they were too mottled and chaotic, and filled with dirty desires.

Once he removes them, he will have to spend a lot of effort to remove them. Once these are removed, there will probably be nothing left.

After standing at the door for a while, Zhang Zhiwei left the Temple of the God of Wealth.

The reason why he came here was because he remembered the scene when his master ordered Marshal Guan last time, so he came to the temple to take a look.

However, he did not feel the true spirit of Marshal Guan, which means that their true spirits are not permanently resident in the statues.

This is not surprising. After all, there are so many statues of the God of Wealth across the country. If they all had real spirits, they would not be able to stay here.

After exiting the Temple of the God of Wealth, you will reach the Xuantan Hall.

In the Xuantan Hall, in addition to the main hall, the God of Wealth Hall, there are two side halls, one on the left and one on the right, namely the Wenchang Hall and the Jiuku Hall.

The Wenchang Hall is on the right, which houses the statues of Emperor Wenchang, Ge Xuan, the founder of the Lingbao School, and Xu Xun, one of the four great heavenly masters who achieved enlightenment and brought prosperity to his family.

Wenchang Emperor is the god in charge of knowledge, culture, and examinations.

Even among the Chinese people who have been strong-willed and disrespectful to ghosts and gods all their lives, how many of them have not worshipped this god on the eve of major exams such as the college entrance examination?
Therefore, his incense has been very popular since ancient times, second only to the God of Wealth, especially since he is next to the Temple of the God of Wealth.

Thanks to the blessing of Emperor Wenchang, the incense offerings to Ge Xuan and Xu Xun are also very popular.

Although most pilgrims do not know the details of these two people, since they are here, they might as well pay their respects to them.

Zhang Zhiwei went to the Wenchang Temple to take a look. He still remembered that during the legal examination, his uncle told him that the deity who presided over the examination last time was Emperor Wenchang, and the content of the examination was an exam.

He was somewhat glad that he had not met this person, otherwise he might have failed when tested on some obscure Taoist ritual knowledge.

There is also no spiritual being on the statue of Wenchang Emperor, and the same is true for the statues of the two heavenly masters next to it.

Zhang Zhiwei left the Wenchang Hall and came to the Jiuku Hall, which was on the left side of the God of Wealth Hall, where Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, Lü Dongxuan and Wong Tai Sin were enshrined.

Lu Dongxuan is Lu Dongbin, one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen and the master of Wang Chongyang, the founder of Quanzhen.

Wong Tai Sin's real name is Chisongzi, a disciple of Ge Hong, one of the four great celestial masters. He is very popular in Hong Kong Island and other areas.

The main deity of this temple is Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, the master of the Eastern Changle World, also known as Dongji Qinghua Emperor. His mount is Jiuling Yuansheng, the strongest monster that has ever appeared in Journey to the West. He took down the Monkey King and Sha Seng in one encounter.

In the original text, the word "lightly" was even used to describe how easy it was to take down the monkey. The posture was so easy that it seemed even more relaxed than that of Tathagata.

If a mount has such strength, there is no need to say more about the strength of Tianzun himself.

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun has a very high status in Taoism, similar to Amitabha Buddha in Buddhism, and is responsible for guiding the souls of the dead. The scripture used by Taoists to liberate the souls of the dead is his "Taiyi Jiuku Hushen Miaojing".

It is worth mentioning that he is not Nezha’s master Taiyi Zhenren.

Because it is close to the God of Wealth and Emperor Wenchang, the incense in the Hall of Rescue is also very popular. After all, pilgrims are here anyway, so they might as well pay their respects there.

"Master said that my birth date and time are the same as Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun?"

Zhang Zhiwei had no feelings about these things in the past, but today, after looking carefully and communicating with the heaven and earth, he felt something was different.

The sunlight shines through the window onto the statue of Tianzun, making it shiny.

Zhang Zhiwei turned his back to the sun, looking at the statue of Tianzun, and felt surprisingly peaceful, with his mind becoming increasingly clear.

He played himself and mastered the third level of the mask of divinity. He himself had already become deified. In essence, he was the same as the statue opposite him, except that he had the spirit of Dharma fetus hidden in the flesh, while the statue should have the spirit of Dharma fetus hidden in the mud.

But there is no spiritual Dharma embryo in these clay sculptures, they are just pure clay sculptures.

At this time, he thought of some religious allusions and myths and legends, and suddenly understood some things.

These statues of gods... should be the images of what Buddhism calls the reward body.

Buddha has three bodies: incarnation body, reward body and dharmakaya.

The incarnation is a human body born to save all living beings.

The reward body is this kind of deity, also called the body of Buddha's Pure Land. Just like the guardian deity, it is a body born from faith. Therefore, many gods have green faces and fangs, which is very scary.

And the Dharma body... should be the polished subjectivity.

“So, the Ancestral Celestial Master that Master Shoucheng invited to the Dragon Vein Land should be the retribution body of the Ancestral Celestial Master.”

"And I used the mask of the divine nature to play myself, and the soul that I cultivated and merged with my physical body should actually be considered a retribution body!"

"I never cared about it before, but I didn't expect that I would have three bodies without realizing it!" Zhang Zhiwei said to himself, but he didn't feel happy. For him, this was just a natural thing and not a surprise.

He walked up to the statue and reached out to touch the surface of the statue. It felt rough, but he felt a sense of Qi, which made him trance-like.

As if some kind of Qi mechanism was in sync, his consciousness actually deviated for a moment. When he came to his senses, he actually had two perspectives.

One is from the bottom up, which is his own perspective.

A top-down perspective, one that sits high on a pedestal.

"This is……"

Zhang Zhiwei reacted and realized that he had actually entered the statue of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun. It was not his soul that entered the statue, but his thoughts. There is only one soul, but there can be countless thoughts. Even if this thought is extinguished, it will not affect the original body much.

"I can control this statue!" He tried it.

All of a sudden, the entire Hall of Salvation began to shake. The statue made a squeaking sound and shook off the dust, as if it was about to come alive. The nine-headed lion under the seat even blinked.

There were people worshiping in the hall, and he happened to witness this scene when he was burning incense. They looked at each other and blinked, which frightened him so much that he sat down on the ground, sweating all over.

Even the young Taoist priest who was in charge of reception was the same. Although he was a Taoist disciple, had been ordained, and had experienced physical and mental hardships, he was still shocked when he suddenly saw this scene.

However, he did not panic, and was even confident, because the invincible senior brother Zhiwei was still beside him!

"Brother Zhiwei, this...what's going on?"

As he spoke, he frowned and silently retreated behind Zhang Zhiwei.

"It's no problem!" Zhang Zhiwei said, "What's there to be afraid of, my own god?"

"Yes, yes, Brother Zhiwei is right!" the little Taoist said hurriedly.

When he was talking just now, Zhang Zhiwei's mind in the statue was not idle. After trying that he could indeed control the statue, he stopped the action. He did not actually control the statue to walk down the altar and stroll around for a few laps. Instead, he explored inward, trying to figure out why this happened.

Soon, he discovered that although the statue of Tianzun was just a clay sculpture, thousands of years of worship and offerings had endowed the statue with incredible powers.

The power of faith is a magical thing.

There is a saying, "Mushroom words can melt metal," which means that the words of the masses can melt metal and confuse right and wrong, truth and falsehood.

The power of faith is much stronger than the power of speech. The abilities of the actors who practice the mask of divinity and act as gods are the magical powers born from the power of faith.

Just like if you play the role of Sun Wukong, you may have magical powers such as the golden hoop, the somersault cloud, the art of clones, and even the seventy-two transformations. If you play the role of Nezha, you will have three heads and six arms, the Qiankun Circle, the Hun Tian Ribbon, and other magical powers.

These supernatural powers are not cultivated by the actors, but are born from the faith of all living beings. Everyone believes that this god has this ability, and as more people believe in it, it becomes real. This is what it means to make the false become true.

Since ancient times, many people have believed in Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun.

The faith of these people naturally made the legendary supernatural powers of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun come true.

As long as Zhang Zhiwei plays him, he can use his abilities.

But perhaps it was Zhang Zhiwei who connected heaven and earth, achieved unity between man and nature, and triggered some kind of Qi.

Or maybe he was born on Yuanchengjie, and his birth date and time are the same as Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun.

Or maybe in this world, there are always two similar flowers. There is no need to imitate them deliberately, because they are very similar...

In short, due to many factors, a mysterious Qi connection occurred between him and the statue of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun.

The result is that even though Zhang Zhiwei didn't want to play anyone or become anyone, the other person became him, or in other words, the other person was very similar to him, and they were very similar.

In addition, Zhang Zhiwei learned the mask of the gods, so he unintentionally achieved the state of acting as a god and mastered some of the abilities of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun.

Ordinary acting as a god will have an impact on one's own life, just like putting on makeup will have an impact on the skin.

But not Zhang Zhiwei, he didn’t use any makeup, he just looks like her.

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world?" Zhang Zhiwei was surprised, "I'll go back and ask Master the reason."

He looked at the pilgrims in front of him. Nowadays, most people who came to burn incense believed in God to some extent. The scene just now frightened them, but after a moment, they came to their senses, knelt on the cushions, and prayed devoutly.

Zhang Zhiwei had no intention of showing off his divine power in front of others or playing tricks. Something moved in his mind, and the thoughts in Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun's body returned to his original form.

"Continue to receive guests, no need to panic!"

After giving instructions to his fellow apprentices behind him, Zhang Zhiwei turned around and left.

After leaving Xuantan Hall, Zhang Zhiwei wanted to go to his master to ask for the reason, but then he thought that he seemed to have offended him yesterday. If he went now, would he still get any good results? So he decided to wait a while before going.

He was walking on the forest path of Longhu Mountain. Even though he had pulled his thoughts away from the statue and even though he was far away from Xuantan Hall, he still possessed the two abilities of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun.

The deity mask's performance is divided into stages. The first stage will have one ability, and the second stage will also have one ability.

Therefore, whether it is Xia Liuqing or Wang Zhenqiu, they only have two abilities when playing gods.

The door god played by Xia Liuqing has the ability to summon a whip and keep people out, while the Monkey King played by Wang Zhenqiu has the golden hoop and the ability to clone himself.

Sun Wukong has more than two abilities, of course, but if he wants to continue to acquire them, he can only continue to perform them, and that is not something that ordinary people can do.

Although Zhang Zhiwei's Qi is in harmony with that of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun and he has achieved success without any effort, he has not completely transformed into Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, so he only possesses two abilities.

One is the divine duty of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun himself - to guide.

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun is the lord of the Eastern Changle World, and his counterpart is Tathagata, the lord of the Western Paradise World. He will guide the dead into his own world.

The purpose of this ability is to lead those who have died into...

He didn't have the ability to go to the Eastern Eternal World, so he could only guide them. As for where they would lead them to...

Zhang Zhiwei thought about it and decided that his own little world in the human body would definitely not work, so the only option was the hall space.

It sounds a bit useless, but Zhang Zhiwei doesn't think so. He has no shortage of means to protect himself, and this ability is strictly speaking very useful.

Moreover, perhaps because all the people in the hall were on his list, he had a feeling that as long as he activated his ability to guide them back, he could bring them back.

Of course, he wouldn't be that bored. He wasn't dead yet, so what was there to guide?

Not only that, he also had a feeling that his ability to guide should have a certain suppressive effect on the existence of spiritual bodies.

As for how strong this suppression is, you will only know after trying it.

(End of this chapter)