Tao and Heaven

Chapter 250: Ascending the Three Pure Ones and Entering the Dao Sect

Each sect has its own unique entrance examination, most of which are related to the characteristics of the sect's skills.

The entrance test to the Sanqing Taoist sect is mountain climbing. There are countless Taoist temples along the way. As long as you can walk in, you can start practicing.

The only limitation is the level of cultivation. Apart from that there is no competition or danger. There are also many towns along the way for people to practice.

Gu Wen arrived at the first stop, Qingfeng City, a city built on a mountain. It should not have existed in the original Sanqing Mountain.

At least as far as he could remember, Yu Hua had never mentioned it to him.

Perhaps because this is the most easily accessible place, it gathers the largest number of people seeking immortality.

As soon as he entered, a thin man with a shrewd look came over and said, "Brother, is this your first time to seek immortality?"

Gu Wen nodded and said, "It is indeed my first time here."

"That's great. It's fate that we meet. I have a secret book for you, so we can establish a good relationship."

As he spoke, the man took out a blue book with the title on the right side and a few large misprinted characters.

[Ten years in Taoist temples and five years in Sanqing]

"It records the preferences and techniques of all the Taoist temples on Mount Sanqing. If you can get it, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort in seeking the Tao!"

"So good."

Gu Wen just needed such a guide book. After all, according to Yu Hua, there were 3,600 branches in Sanqing Mountain and more than ten thousand Taoist temples.

Many times, Dao Zong was unable to count exactly how many powerful people there were within the sect.

If passersby have the intention to help others and you have the intention to help others, this can also be considered a good fate.

Gu Wen was pleased with the friendliness of the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect. He reached out to take it, but was stopped by the man again, and the secret book was put back into his sleeve.

The man also extended his hand and said with a smile: "Brother, the Dharma cannot be passed on lightly, and even more so cannot be passed on cheaply."

Gu Wen was originally a businessman, so he understood what was going on and said, "So you want money, then this can't be called a good relationship."

"Hey, brother, what do you mean? If there is no reward for preaching, then who will preach in the future?" The man said, "How about this, I don't want this good fate, how about you give me three buckets of scattered spirit stones, or one medium-grade spirit stone?"

"One bucket of scattered spirit stones."

"One and a half bushels, it can't be any cheaper."

"Then I'll go buy it somewhere else."

"One bushel is enough."

Gu Wen took out Chiyuzi's belongings from his sleeve, and an illusory voice came into his ears, instructing him to take out the appropriate spirit stones.

'Spiritual stones are divided into three grades: high, medium and low. High-grade ones can be absorbed directly, medium-grade ones need to be used with some magical instruments and medicines, and low-grade ones can only extract their spiritual energy through formations.'

'One dou is four jin, and broken spirit stones generally refer to low-grade spirit stones. Because low-grade spirit stones are full of impurities and often mixed with other ores, they are broken up before mining.'

"When you buy things next time, be careful and don't use high-quality spirit stones to buy low-quality things."

Gu Wen took out a bucket of scattered spirit stones, exactly the right amount. The man took it and weighed it, looking a little grim, and said, "Brother, you are really careful with your calculations. You didn't want to give me too much spirit stone debris."

It's not that there is no profit, but the profit per bushel is less.

"You know it so accurately, so why aren't you worried that I gave you too little spiritual stone fragments?"

Gu Wen asked back, and the man was speechless for a moment. He turned and left as if he was unlucky, and then fooled the next person.

A young man carrying a large basket on his back, it was obvious that it was his first time going up the mountain, and there was no elder by his side.

You should know that the mountain trails of Sanqing Mountain are forbidden by the entire mountain protection formation, and no one can use magic. This results in many people trying to take shortcuts and falling to their deaths every year in Sanqing Mountain, which contributes to the only danger.

Therefore, many people carry large and small bags of spirit stones and replenish them along the way.

"My dear friend, you look so kind. I have a peerless secret manual here, which was passed down by a great Taoist master. It is fate that I meet you now."

The young man was much easier to fool than the stingy man, and he quickly agreed to buy the secret book for five dou of spirit stones. He carefully counted the scattered spirit stones and carried a small scale with him to weigh the spirit stones bit by bit.

Seeing this, he felt a little soft-hearted and only accepted one bucket of spirit stones from the other party.

The man looked at the bag of spirit stones that the young man took out from the basket, and then looked at the cloth bag as big as his head in his hand.

I was affected by the unpleasant thoughts just now and hadn't reacted yet. Now that I have calmed down a little, I began to recall.

"Did that stingy guy just take out this bucket of spirit stones from his sleeve?"

The man looked back suddenly, his mind still in a mess, and he vaguely realized that he had missed a huge opportunity.

There was still a figure in green clothes in the distance ahead.

The man ran over quickly, knocked open the roadside vendors' stalls, caused some commotion, and grabbed the figure's shoulder.

"Senior...Senior, I don't want this spirit stone anymore!"

The man turned around and showed a different face.

The sturdy old Taoist priest turned around and saw the spiritual stone handed over. He was stunned for a moment, and then said gratefully: "My friend, this is really a timely rain. Jiang didn't bring any money when he went down the mountain, and I don't know what to do."

The man immediately snatched it back to stop the loss, saying, "You got the wrong person, give it back to me."

At this time, a young Taoist priest came running over and shouted, "Master, you forgot to bring your Qiankun bag."

The man looked at the exquisite little bag and heard the name mentioned by the little Taoist priest. He suddenly collapsed to the ground and burst into tears, stamping his feet and beating his chest.

"My chance! Woohoo, wow, wow, wow, my good fortune! Time and again, God is so unfair."

The master of the temple and the Qiankun bag are all possessed by the great monks above the Jindan stage of the Sanqing Taoist sect.

The green-robed Taoist just now and the green-robed old Taoist in front of him were both great monks.

But I missed the good opportunity.

The old Taoist priest looked at the many secret books scattered from his pocket, held his beard and smiled, "If you don't do good deeds, how can you have good karma? Since you have been cheating, you should know that you have no karma."

"Please give me some advice, senior! I will definitely correct my mistakes in the future!"

The man immediately knelt down and kowtowed, thinking that he could take this opportunity to make up for his bad luck, but the next moment he was captured by the old Taoist priest.

"The City Guard has a complete set of laws to educate you."

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Sanqing Mountain has millions of steps and there is already a Taoist temple.

Gu Wen learned from the secret book which lineage of the Three Pure Ones these Taoist temples belonged to and what kind of skills they mainly practiced? Was it internal skills or external skills?
Practice the six arts and master all kinds of military tactics.

Dao Zong is not like a sect, but more like a university that teaches people how to practice. Everyone in the world is its student.

[If we divide Taoist temples into nine categories, then the ones with a million steps are the lowest.]

When Gu Wen saw this line of annotation in the book, he couldn't help but smile.

Someone once told him that there are good and bad Taoist temples, but there are never inferior ones.

'For those who have never practiced Taoism, the Taoist temples that are easiest to enter are often the ones that can best hone your foundation. It's good to be able to reach the top, but most people are neither up nor down, so it's better to lay a good foundation first.'

'I only climbed a million steps and entered an inconspicuous Taoist temple.'

'It's called Qingfeng Mingyue Temple. ' Along the mountain road that is more than 10,000 meters wide, Taoist temples with blue tiles appear one after another. Taoist children or disciples at the door are recruiting immortal seekers to climb the mountain.

The vast majority of climbers choose to continue because they believe they are special.

Then another group of people came down the mountain and walked into the Taoist temple, which was regarded as the inferior one, with dejected looks on their faces.

Gu Wen stood in front of a Taoist temple shaded by green tiles and old trees. On the door plaque was inscribed "Qingfeng Mingyue Temple".

Since it is not beside the main road, but branches off into a small path leading to the deepest part, it is sparsely populated. This kind of Taoist temple is not uncommon, and the secret book says that not all branches are keen on recruiting disciples.

Those Taoist temples opened on the roadside are mostly pre-school in nature, and the highest level of cultivation among them will not exceed the Jindan stage.

Because after passing the Jindan stage, you can be promoted to a higher branch to practice in seclusion.

Before this, these Jindan stage monks needed to serve as disciples to spread the Dharma and accumulate merit. Qingfeng Mingyue Temple was the place where she had spread the Dharma.

When Gu Wen got closer, he could see that many of the blue tiles had been broken by rocks, and many of the windows were missing a corner, as if they had been destroyed by someone, but the formation buried underground maintained all of this.

In order to resist the erosion of time and prevent the entire cave from decaying during a monk's retreat, there is a formation that can keep inanimate objects unchanged.

"This is what our master asked us to leave behind."

A familiar voice was heard, and Gu Wen glanced slightly to the side to see a handsome Taoist in white standing beside him.

The clouds are vast, the Great Pure Heavenly Venerable.

When he was in the Immortal Realm, he was considered one of the most powerful men Gu Wen had ever seen, and he was also the biggest supporter of himself and Yu Hua in Dao Sect.

If he hadn't existed, Dao Zong probably wouldn't have regressed again and again.

Gu Wen bowed slightly and said, "Yun Miao Tian Zun."

"No need to bow. I cannot bear your bow."

Yun Miao jumped slightly to avoid the saint's bow.

"In terms of strength, you are two steps ahead of me, but I am not even half as good as you at this moment. In terms of status, you are the only descendant of my master, so I have to call you Uncle Master."

Gu Wen shook his head and said, "Seniority cannot replace age, and closeness is not determined by strength. Senior helped me several times in the past, and I remember all of this."

"Hahahaha, it seems that I am also blessed by heaven."

Hearing this, Yun Miao couldn't help but burst out laughing. He knew that Gu Wen was very talented, but he didn't expect it to be so unexpected.

From a rare genius, to a peerless genius capable of becoming an immortal, and then to the saint he is today.

It only took him eight hundred years, and even if he were to rebuild himself in these eight hundred years, he might not be able to return to the realm of Tao.

Yun Miao stopped smiling and changed the subject, "I don't have any demands on you. I helped you back then purely because you were worthy. Just like Hua Yang asked his master, who was about to die, to risk his life to give up his life-saving treasure, and just like Dao Zong gave up on you in the beginning."

He turned his head and looked at the dilapidated Taoist temple, without any intention of avoiding the main issue, and said frankly:
"When you were still in Bianjing, Yu Hua fell out with Emperor Daojun for you, causing a great uproar in the Sanqing Dao Sect. Some elders were not careful with their words, and the news spread among the disciples, causing a lot of criticism. Young people are inevitably impulsive, so some people smashed the Taoist temple where she taught."

Having said that, Yun Miao couldn't help but sigh. Thinking back to the things that happened back then, he couldn't help feeling guilty.

The goddess was once regarded as a traitor and was subjected to all kinds of despicable insults, but she still eventually completed her mission despite the insults.

Even though Dao Zong never gave up helping Yu Hua from beginning to end, isn't this their duty?

Letting a younger generation bear the blame is a dereliction of duty as an elder.

Gu Wen asked, "Master, why do you want to stay?"

"I don't know." Yun Miao shook his head and said, "Perhaps she wanted you to know her efforts. Has she ever told you this?"

Gu Wen was silent. He knew that Dao Zong had many opinions about Yu Hua in the past, but she always laughed it off.

It seemed like a trivial matter, but I forgot that she was a person living here.

She has her own home here, and her own family and friends.

Yun Miao lowered his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "How do you think the cause and effect of that year should be resolved?"

The cause and effect between Gu Wen and Dao Zong is the biggest problem facing Sanqing Dao Zong currently, besides the demon clan.

Due to many unspeakable considerations, Dao Zong gave up Gu Wen and allowed him to be exploited by Emperor Daojun. This decision was made by Huayang, but if it was not approved by the majority, it would not have been passed.

Yun Miao also knew that although he was in seclusion at the time, it was not a dead end. If someone really wanted to stop it, he could have stopped it.

Even Grandmaster Qingcang has never interfered in this matter, and it has not been mentioned in the past eight hundred years. His attitude is self-evident.

Now that Gu Wen has entered Dao Sect as a saint, the cause and effect of the past should also be settled. The decision-making power does not lie with these old guys, but with the saint, with Gu Wen.

Gu Wen's expression remained unchanged. Eight hundred years had passed and he no longer had the anger he had when he first learned about this.

On the contrary, if it were myself eight hundred years ago, I might have promoted the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect.

However, the unpredictable things in the world are that it was Dao Zong who indirectly caused him to become a family slave in the past, but it was also Dao Zong who gave him everything in the end. The people he loves are Dao Zong's people, and the people he has angered are also Dao Zong's people.

He said calmly: "So you are stupid."

Yun Miao's heart tightened, but he did not refute and smiled bitterly: "Please do not affect my disciples and the sect. I will list all the people who participated in this incident. Now there are probably less than 20 people alive, and the others died in the battle."

The hatred for someone who has stolen your way is irreconcilable, let alone the hatred for a saint.

"If you can see my ability, how can it be that she is different? I can't ask too much of a fool. You didn't do anything bad, you just had a few more twists and turns."

Gu Wen smiled softly and changed the subject, "But I will settle the cause and effect myself, because I hold a grudge."

He walked forward and pushed open the door of Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion, and saw a dead tree in the courtyard, which looked like a jujube tree.

As he waved his hand, the moon appeared in the bright sun in Xuanhuang Province.

As he exhaled, the pure air of Sanqing Mountain dissipated.

The Qi Sea Little Man [Practicing Qi] emitted a gleaming light, which turned into a breeze and blew away. Wherever the breeze passed, along the Jiubaiwan Mountain Road, tens of thousands of people sat cross-legged on the ground one after another.
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The female Taoist priest transplanted a jujube tree, which was about one meter tall and still a seedling.

The male Taoist priest just stood aside and watched with an indifferent expression. A glance in his eyes could tell when the jujube tree was born and when it died.

The Tao is always there, the Tao is eternal.

"You were just watching?"

“In thirty years, it will wither and die.”

"Before that, it will bear fruit in three years, so you can eat dates every year."

"I have become an immortal. I can live forever by breathing the wind and drinking the dew."

Three years later, the jujube tree bore fruit, but the Taoist priest had to wait for two years before he could eat the jujubes.

The female Taoist priest stuffed a jujube into his mouth and asked, "Master Yunmiao asked me to ask you, how do you resolve the revenge of the Dao seizure?"

The male Taoist priest replied, "It has been solved."

"What did you solve?" The female Taoist priest laughed and cried, grabbing his head and shaking it, "You wooden head, do you know what I am talking about?"

The male Taoist said indifferently: "Of course I know, I am stronger than all of them, so naturally the hatred is only on my mind. I don't think Dao Zong has done anything wrong, and the cause and effect will naturally end here."

"I hope you can settle the cause and effect one by one."

The female Taoist shook her head. He was a little confused, but she smiled and said, "Just beat them all up. Just think of it as doing it for me, okay?"

(End of this chapter)