Taoist Master Xuanhuang

Chapter 390 Peak Civilization
Changing tracks, the topic of spiritual masters transforming into monks, is no longer a taboo.

If this had happened two years ago, any spiritualist who said this would have been attacked by the group.

Prejudice is a mountain that is difficult to remove.

Everything a spiritual master has comes from the mysterious power of control. If someone suddenly tells them that there is a cheaper way to achieve transcendence, they will not accept it.

I have worked so hard, risking countless life-and-death crises to control the weirdness, and now I am neither human nor ghost. Do you think there is a new path?

I don't admit it.

Coupled with the general extremism of spiritualists, anyone who mentions changing paths will be attacked.

Strictly speaking, the extreme personalities of spiritual masters have generally declined a lot in the past two years, and there are very few extreme ones.

This is also thanks to Xuan Huang.

Or it could be said that it was due to the power of the magic beads.

Although it was not mentioned, the magic bead had already been forcibly upgraded to the third level by the spiritual master at this moment.

It is through the continuous presence of spiritual masters that distortions are eliminated.

Previously, it was only used by the Evil Suppression Department. Later, when other major forces found out, especially those friendly to Xuan Huang, they also sought Xuan Huang's opinion.

Xuan Huang naturally agreed.

It was handed over to the Evil Suppression Department, which relied on the inner world transmission jade slips provided by Xuan Huang to attract various major forces or independent spiritual masters to come and digest the distortion.

Over the past two years, the magic bead has alleviated the distortion and erosion of countless spiritual masters.

It greatly reduced the extreme personality of the spiritual master.

This is also one of the reasons why Xuan Huang is respected. A powerful force provides a second way, magic beads, etc.

Taking all these into consideration, no one dared to disrespect Xuan Huang.

In the past two years, three thousand spiritual masters have changed their career paths. It seems like a lot, but these three thousand are almost all spiritual masters on the verge of losing control.

The spiritual master who was still in control still did not change track.

As I said, everyone thinks differently about gains and losses.

All their status and strength come from their identity as spiritual masters. It is very difficult for them to give up this identity.

"I don't know if Master Xuan killed Qiao Liangyu and got the ability of the strange club. It would be great if he did. He could connect to all parts of the world, and I could also be connected here."

A spiritual master said this, and everyone was confused.

"This? What do you think, fellow Taoist? Don't you know what the appearance of a monk means?"

A spiritualist was very angry, but he held back his anger and asked.

"Of course I know that the status of spiritual masters will be greatly reduced, and they will lose a lot..."

He didn't explain it very clearly, after all, it was difficult to talk about.

I can't say that it means I lose the right to do whatever I want, the right to call the wind and rain and control the joys and sorrows of the world.

That's a bit too much.

"You know? If you know that, why do you still want the monks to go to you?" The spiritual master who retorted was even more confused.

"I know, I know everything, but you don't know what I'm facing. I have two realms here. Although they are not top realms and I can't go out for the time being, they can still cause trouble, such as sending out strange and rampant...

…I’ve had enough, I’ve had enough of being threatened by them, these bastards, you don’t know what they’re asking of me.”

This person finally told the reason.

His words were agreed by many people, and many spiritual masters felt the same way.

Because their territory also has boundaries.

Also threatened.

"this?"

The person who refuted it was at a loss for words for a moment.

"These bastards want me to offer sacrifices to them and even want me to build a temple in the entire city to worship them. This is fine if there is enough reward for doing so, but..."

The spiritual master continued, "But they don't even treat us as human beings. They act like ants, scolding us from a high position. Not to mention that there is no benefit at all, they actually require people who worship them to kneel and worship for at least eight hours a day. This is the minimum. According to them, as long as you don't die, it's best to worship and offer incense all day long. I XXXX..."

This person couldn't help but swear.

Everyone was surprised to see this, but they also understood why this Taoist friend wanted the master to come.

These sacred beings from this realm are so unkind that they actually want to worship them in this way.

It is best not to eat or drink during the worship, just offer incense and faith.

Isn't this slavery?

Isn't this captivity?

"I've heard that the conflict between the Xuanshi and the Realm is because of this. The Realm Saint wants to gain incense and faith, and does not need humans to be strong. Humans just need to be a lamb in a pen. Now it seems that they really have wolfish ambitions."

"That's right. I fully support Master Xuan on this point. I have also encountered a message from a realm being, saying that I am a demon. Someone like me shouldn't exist. He will kill me as soon as he comes out. Damn it... How can I protect my people if I don't control the weirdness? Do I want to be like this?"

"..."

There was a lot of discussion at the moment, and it seemed that many people were threatened by the realm.

As mentioned before, there is a natural and irreconcilable contradiction between the sacred beings in the realm and human monks and even spiritual masters.

What the sacred needs is the faith and support of human beings, nothing more.

They don't want to see human beings save themselves and become stronger.

Because this would cause things to get out of control, and it would be easier to control them if they were humans who had no supernatural powers at all.

It should be noted that nothing is absolute. Just because it is like this in most small and medium-sized domains does not mean that it is the same in all domains.

Most of the sacredness that has been transformed by human sages and emerged from the historical past is not like this.

After all, they are sacred to mankind.

The sacred things that do not belong to humans, the imaginary existences, the existences of alien races, will not care about this.

“So, I hope that Master Xuan can take control of Qiao Liangyu’s strange club and connect it to my city. This way, I won’t be afraid of the threat from the realm. At worst, I can just become a cultivator and change my path.

It's better than being frustrated now. Our spiritual masters can't stand being frustrated. I almost lost control of myself several times because of anger. Damn it!"

"Fellow Daoist, I understand you. I also want a cultivator to come to me. I have experienced the same thing as you. A lake realm, a desolate grave realm, they are not human, and I am threatened by them all day long. ... What realm is threatening you?"

"I am from the Gray and Yellow Immortal Realm, and I am not a human. I am a rat and a yellow skin. I am so annoyed."

The two discussed the sacredness of the realm, or rather the monsters in the realm.

"Have you ever heard of a realm made up entirely of lanterns? This is the Lantern Realm, made up entirely of some incredible lantern spirits."

"Lantern spirits? I've never heard of them, but the realm of my hometown is also very strange, it's a brothel realm. They say they are human, but they don't seem to admit it. It's very strange. They are also tempting... threatening me."

"Tell me how to seduce!"

"Ahem, that was wrong. It was a threat, a threat."

Okay, they got off topic.

However, it can be seen that the realms are all kinds of strange and have everything, and none of them are top-level realms.

There aren't even any large domains, just small and medium-sized domains.

Even so, they can't cope with it.

"No boundary appeared here, maybe I didn't find it. But I can't hold on any longer. It was a falling star. The disaster brought by the falling star destroyed my home. Alas!"

A spiritual master said.

"Falling star? Fellow Daoist, haven't you read the defense guide of the Evil Suppression Department? As long as we resist during the initial period and gather the cohesion of the entire city, we can deflect the falling star?" A spiritual master asked in confusion.

"We did so at the beginning, but I couldn't prevent internal sabotage. Cohesion is strength, but what if we can't unite? What if people's hearts collapse?"

The man said sadly.

After he said this, everyone seemed to understand.

“There are always some Taoist friends who don’t care whether ordinary people live or die. They commit all kinds of evil and do all kinds of evil things, which makes ordinary people turn pale at the mere mention of them. How can we talk about cohesion in this way?

They can just leave without caring about anything, but those of us who want to protect ordinary people will suffer. If the situation doesn't change, I think we will have to leave too. My hometown can't hold on any longer."

The spiritual master said dejectedly.

“I can only say that joys and sorrows are not entirely the same. My friend, you are facing a falling star, but I am facing a small world.

I found a small world channel here. It’s not just an ordinary small world, but a weird world made up of horror stories. It’s invading my city, and I can’t hold on any longer.”

Another spiritual master spoke.

They were unable to hold on just the same, but the crisis they encountered was different. It was not a crisis of the realm or a falling star, but a crisis of the small world.

"That's not the case, is it? The crisis in the small world is not that dangerous, right? Although our spiritual masters are not the strongest at the same level, the existence of the small world, no matter what kind of creature it is, can't be stronger than us, right?"

A spiritual master asked in confusion.

Now, a reality has been basically accepted within the Xia Kingdom.

That is, at the same level, the cultivators are the strongest overall. The second is weirdness, which is the complete weirdness of the same level, not the weirdness controlled by the spiritual master.

The third is spiritual masters and advanced civilized groups.

Spiritual masters also accepted the division of civilized groups into low-level civilized groups, middle-level civilized groups, high-level civilized groups, and peak-level civilized groups.

Civilization is strength. Without strength, there is no civilization.

A civilization represents an ethnic group, and the level of civilization represents the strength of the ethnic group.

This was compiled and published by Di Ting Lou. Now in the territory of Xia State, both cultivators and spiritual masters have basically accepted this division.

"According to the classification of cultivators, this terrifying world is only a medium-sized civilization, but fellow Taoists, they are outnumbered! I am not a cultivator, I will not become stronger with each battle and not be afraid of consumption. I am a spiritual master, they can overwhelm me with numbers."

The monk spoke out his unspeakable secret.

Everyone was speechless.

It is said that monks represent the pinnacle of human civilization. They are so strong and have no obvious weaknesses.

Unlike the fragile spiritualist, he is very afraid of wars of attrition and protracted battles, and his "reproduction" ability is not strong.

The reproductive capacity here refers to the probability of an ordinary person becoming a spiritual master.

The probability of becoming a spiritual master is too small, far less than the proportion of becoming a monk.

This is a kind of 'reproductive ability'.

A civilization that dares to call itself the pinnacle must be flawless in every aspect. If the probability of becoming a cultivator is lower than that of becoming a spiritual master, it cannot be considered to be without flaws.

"I heard that they are trying to merge the weird with the strange. If they succeed, I think I will be dead soon. After all, in terms of classification, they are in the same category as the weird. The only difference is that the weird are immortal and are fragments of rules. They... I don't know why they were born. I'm not a cultivator and don't have the ability to study them."

One can always tell a cultivator's all-round character from the conversation with the spiritual master.

This person also mentioned one thing, which is the monks' research ability.

Research requires magical power to support deduction, exploration, simulation, etc.

The magic power belongs to the cultivator himself and he can use it however he wants.

The strange abilities do not only belong to spiritualists, but also to the strangeness they control, which cannot be studied very well.

In a word, the research tools of monks are their own, while the research tools of spiritual masters are not their own. If they are not handled properly, experimental explosions may occur.

"Fellow Daoist, you really need monks to appear here. Monks are the best at dealing with these ghosts and monsters. If they come, this so-called horror world will no longer be a crisis, but a treasure trove."

Someone responded.

"What are you talking about? What are the monks not good at dealing with? The weird has become their treasure trove."

Someone interrupted.

But it’s better not to say it, because it won’t feel right once you say it.

Why the hell are you all praising the monks?
And...how can the monks be so strong?

I don’t know if the person who just scolded the monk is still here.

If I were still alive and saw such a conversation, I wonder if I would get so angry that I lose control.

"Are the cultivators strong? You are wrong. The cultivators are just so-so. It is the Xuan Masters who are invincible. Fellow Taoists, please do not make this mistake."

"Ah, yes, yes!"

"Yes, you are absolutely right."

"Sure enough, there are sensible Taoist friends. What you said is absolutely right."

"If we in the spiritual world had someone like Xuanshi, we would be invincible, and we would do better than the current cultivators."

"I firmly agree with this."

"Yes, this statement is beyond doubt."

"..."

"Ahem, fellow Taoists, I will retreat first. The damn realm is here to cause trouble again."

"Me too, the falling stars have started again."

"..."

The enthusiastic posts finally dissipated.

Every spiritual master is very busy, whether they are really busy or pretending to be busy, don’t ask, they are all busy.

And at the headquarters of the Evil Suppression Department.

They knew about Qiao Liangyu's elimination earlier than the spiritualists on the Internet.

Because one of Master Long's Taoist soldiers was in Qingyun Mountain, Master Long knew all the changes in Qingyun Mountain.

After knowing that Qiao Liangyu was killed, Bi Xia was still in a trance.

His old rival was destroyed, and this was not the first old rival to be destroyed.

The old rival, the God Lord, was also destroyed by the Master Xuan.

Now the second old rival is gone too.

"As expected!" Bi Xia said with emotion.

Before, Master Long had said in a comforting way: Don't worry about Qiao Liangyu, isn't Master Xuan in seclusion again? Maybe after this breakthrough, he will have the ability to kill Qiao Liangyu.

Now it seems that Master Long was right.

It was really destroyed.

"Haha, haha, this scourge is finally dead, that's great. Over the years, he has done so many bad things and ruined our plans countless times, and he is finally being punished."

Han Wu was very happy.

After all, she just needs to be happy, but Bi Xia has a lot more to think about.

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(End of this chapter)